1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party
Leader	Harry Sieben	David Jennings
Party	Democratic (DFL)	Ind.-Republican
Leader since	1980	1982
Leader's seat	37B–Hastings	29A–Truman
Last election	70 seats	64 seats
Seats won	77	57
Seat change	Increase7	Decrease7
Popular vote	935,668	766,143

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The 1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1982, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 73rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 1982.

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 4, 1983.

Summary of the November 2, 1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	134	935,668	77	Increase7	57.46
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	123	766,143	57	Decrease7	42.54
Independent	N/A	5,618	0	Steady	0.00
Write-in	N/A	3,542	0	Steady	0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 2,943,169 eligible voters)[1]		1,834,737	62.34%		Decrease9.80 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

• Minnesota Senate election, 1982
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1982