1997 Virginia House of Delegates election
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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 49.5%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1997 was held on Tuesday, November 4.
Results
Overview
51 | 48 | 1 |
Democratic | Republican |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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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[2]
See also
- 1997 United States elections
- 1997 Virginia elections