1997 Virginia House of Delegates election

1997 Virginia House of Delegates elections

←  1995 November 4, 1997 1999  →
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.5% [1]
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 1 1 Popular vote 658,203 779,031 Percentage 43.8% 51.8% Swing 2.9% 1.1%
Results:      Republican hold     Republican gain      Democratic hold      Independent hold
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. The 1997 general election yielded a 51-48-1 Democratic majority. David Brickley resigned his seat right afterward, however, and a special election for District 51 was called. His seat flipped to the Republicans, and with Independent Lacey Putney siding with the Republicans, the chamber was tied. Democrats retained the Speakership through a power-sharing agreement. ^{[2] [3]}

Results

Overview

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51	48	1
Democratic	Republican

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

Source ^[4]

See also

• 1997 United States elections
• 1997 Virginia elections
  • 1997 Virginia gubernatorial election
  • 1997 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
  • 1997 Virginia Attorney General election

References

1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
2. "Virginia State Legislature". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
3. Southern Politics in the 1990s. LSU Press. ISBN   978-0-8071-4181-6.
4. "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.