2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election

The 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 88th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2012.

2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election

November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Paul Thissen Kurt Zellers
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Leader since November 4, 2010 June 23, 2009
Leader's seat 61B–Minneapolis 34B–Maple Grove
Last election 62 seats, 48.49% 72 seats, 50.44%
Seats won 73 61
Seat change 11 11
Popular vote 1,468,364 1,233,214
Percentage 53.74% 45.13%
Swing 5.25 pp 5.31 pp

Results by district

Speaker before election

Kurt Zellers
Republican

Elected Speaker

Paul Thissen
Democratic (DFL)

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota. This was the first election for the Republicans since it won a majority of seats in the 2010 election, after losing a majority to the DFL in the 2006 election. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.

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