1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election

1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election
← 1976 November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) 1980 →
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
I-R
Leader Martin Olav Sabo
(retired) 		Henry Savelkoul
(retired)
Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican
Leader since 1968 1974
Leader's seat 57B–Minneapolis 31A–Albert Lea
Last election 104 seats 30 seats
Seats before 99 35
Seats won 67 67
Seat change Decrease32 Increase32
Popular vote 732,019 717,820
Speaker before election

Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Rod Searle
Ind.-Republican

The 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 1978, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 71st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 1978.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and Independent-Republicans of Minnesota won an equal number of seats. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1979.