1981 Virginia House of Delegates election

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Virginia House of Delegates election, 1981
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 1979November 3, 19811982 

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.8% [1] Increase2.svg
 Majority partyMinority party
  Delegate Philpott 1988.jpg Delegate Geisler 1980.jpg
Leader A. L. Philpott Jerry Geisler
(lost re-election)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 1980September 11, 1974
Leader's seat 12th 5th
Last election7425
Seats won6633
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 8

Speaker before election

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

Elected Speaker

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1981 was held on Tuesday, November 3. Primary elections were held on September 8, 1981.

The districts were established by the Assembly Act of August 11, 1981 (Acts of Assembly, 1981 Special Session, Chapter 5). They were challenged in Federal District Court, which found the map unconstitutional in Cosner v. Dalton. The Court allowed the 1981 elections to proceed under the August 11, 1981 Act, but for a one-year term only. A new general election would thus be held in November 1982, under a new map.

The 50 multi-member districts, electing 100 delegates in total, were as follows (52, without a 31st or 40th district):

DistrictDelegates
1st 2
2nd 2
3rd 2
4th 1
5th 3
6th 2
7th 2
8th 1
9th 2
10th 2
11th 2
12th 2
13th 3
14th 1
15th 2
16th 1
17th 1
18th 1
19th 1
20th 1
21st 2
22nd 3
23rd 3
24th 2
25th 1
26th 1
27th 2
29th 1
30th 1
32nd 4
33rd 4
34th 3
35th 1
36th 2
37th 5
38th 5
39th 2
41st 2
42nd 1
43rd 1
44th 1
45th 2
46th 1
47th 1
48th 3
49th 3
50th 3
51st 3
52nd 3

See also

References

  1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.