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| Elections in Virginia |
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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2005 was held on Tuesday, November 8.
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| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 2003 | 2005 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Republican | 61 | 57 |  4 | 58.00% | 979,209 | 56.11% | |||
| Democratic | 37 | 40 | 3 | 39.00% | 640,958 | 36.73% | |||
| Independent | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.00% | 83,908 | 4.81% | |||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 |  | 0.00% | 11,302 | 0.65% | |||
| Independent Greens | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 1,664 | 0.10% | |||
| - | Write-ins | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 28,031 | 1.61% | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,745,072 | 100.00% | - | ||
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