1999 Virginia House of Delegates election

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

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
 
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

Results

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Overview

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

Source[2]

See also

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References

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  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.