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The 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 83rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	129	1,062,076	49.13	82	11	61.19
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	131	1,034,046	47.84	52	11	38.81
	Independence Party of Minnesota	26	43,530	2.01	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	17	13,164	0.61	0		0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	1	1,324	0.06	0		0.00
	Independent	1	726	0.03	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	6,703	0.31	0		0.00
Total			2,161,569	100.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			121,291	5.31
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)[1]			2,282,860	64.89	5.22 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2002
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002

References