1999 Virginia House of Delegates election

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1999 Virginia House of Delegates elections

← 1997 November 2, 1999 2001 →

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.1%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
  Delegate Wilkins 1988.jpg Delegate Moss 1988.jpg
Leader Vance Wilkins Tom Moss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since November 19, 1991 September 28, 1991
Leader's seat 24th 88th
Seats before 49+1 50
Seats won 52+1 47
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 606,235 526,294
Percentage 50.5% 43.9%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Increase 0.1%

Speaker before election

Tom Moss
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Vance Wilkins
Republican

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2.

Results

Overview

52 47 1
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1997 1999 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 71 48 52 Increase 4 52.00% 606,235 50.53%
Democratic 66 51 47 Decrease 4 47.00% 526,294 43.87%
Independent 25 1 1 Steady 1.00% 60,812 5.07%
- Write-ins - 0 0 Steady 0.00% 6,308 0.53%
Total 162 100 100 0 100.00% 1,199,649 100.00% -

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.