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| Elections in Virginia |
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All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election on November 8, 1983, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election.
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| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 1979 | 1983 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | ||
| Democratic | 30 | 32 |  2 | 80.00% | 634,957 | 63.98% | 0.45% | |
| Republican | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20.00% | 332,548 | 33.51% | 1.67% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 |  | 0.00% | 11,508 | 1.16% | 0.06% | |
| - | Write-ins | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | |||
| Total | 40 | 40 | 0 | 100.00% | 992,460 | 100.00% | - | |
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