2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election

2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives; 68 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Steve Sviggum; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Steve Sviggum; Republican

The 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 2004, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 84th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 2004.

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 4, 2005.

Results

Summary of the November 2, 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	133	1,262,423	46.79	2.34	68	13	50.75
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	133	1,381,412	51.20	3.36	66	13	49.25
	Independence Party of Minnesota	21	28,274	1.05	0.96	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	7	8,452	0.31	0.30	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	1	574	0.02	0.02	0		0.00
	Independent	2	12,346	0.46	0.43	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	4,411	0.16	0.15	0		0.00
Total			2,697,892	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			145,020	5.10	0.21
Turnout (out of 3,609,185 eligible voters)^[1]			2,842,912	78.77	13.88
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,^[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library^[3]