1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election

1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election
← 1978 November 4, 1980 (1980-11-04) 1982 →
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Irv Anderson Rod Searle
(retired)
Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican
Leader since 1978 1978
Leader's seat 3A–International Falls 30B–Waseca
Last election 67 seats 67 seats
Seats before 68 66
Seats won 70 64
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 900,218 924,863
Speaker before election

Fred Norton
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Harry Sieben
Democratic (DFL)

The 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1980, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1980.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1981.