1997 Virginia House of Delegates elections
November 4, 1997
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.5%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tom Moss Vance Wilkins
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 28, 1991 November 19, 1991
Leader's seat 88th 24th
Last election 52 47
Seats won 51 48
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 658,203 779,031
Percentage 43.8% 51.8%
Swing Decrease 2.9% Increase 1.1%
Speaker before election

Tom Moss
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Tom Moss
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1997 was held on Tuesday, November 4.

Results

Overview

↓
51 48 1
Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1995 1997 +/- Strength Vote  % Change
Democratic 70 52 51 Decrease 1 51.00% 658,203 43.75%
Republican 68 47 48 Increase 1 48.00% 779,031 51.78%
Independent 19 1 1 Steady 1.00% 52,099 3.46%
Reform Party 4 0 0 Steady 0.00% 7,932 0.53%
- Write-ins - 0 0 Steady 0.00% 7,287 0.48%
Total 161 100 100 0 100.00% 1,504,552 100.00% -

Source[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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