Английская Википедия:1976 Minnesota Senate election

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The 1976 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1976, to elect members to the Senate of the 70th and 71st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 14, 1976. This was the first partisan election of the Senate since 1910.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 4, 1977.

The Republican Party of Minnesota had changed its name to the Independent-Republican Party of Minnesota on November 15, 1975.

Results

Summary of the November 2, 1976 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				Шаблон:Abbr	%
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	65	1,027,602	49	73.13
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	61	721,637	18	26.87
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	American Party of Minnesota	2	5,963	0	0.00
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Socialist Workers Party of Minnesota	3	1,680	0	0.00
	Freedom Party	1	1,085	0	0.00
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	2	922	0	0.00
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Independent	7	33,661	0	0.00
Total				67	100.00
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters)		1,978,590	73.01%	Шаблон:Increase2.70 Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Small

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1976
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1974

References

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