2001 Virginia House of Delegates election

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2001 was held on Tuesday, November 6.

2001 Virginia House of Delegates elections

November 6, 2001

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.4%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Vance Wilkins Richard Cranwell
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since November 19, 1991 January 12, 2000
Leader's seat 24th 14th
Last election 52 47
Seats won 64 34
Seat change 12 13
Popular vote 933,120 657,292
Percentage 55.5% 39.1%
Swing 5.0% 4.8%

Speaker before election

Vance Wilkins
Republican

Elected Speaker

Vance Wilkins
Republican

Results

Overview

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64 34 2
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1999 2001 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 81 52 64 12 64.00% 933,120 55.47%
Democratic 69 47 34 13 34.00% 657,292 39.08%
Independent 15 2 2 2.00% 78,464 4.66%
Libertarian 5 0 0 0.00% 4,741 0.28%
Independent Greens 1 0 0 0.00% 385 0.02%
- Write-ins 0 0 0.00% 8,114 0.48%
Total 171 100 100 0 100.00% 1,682,116 100.00% -



See also

  • United States elections, 2001
  • Virginia elections, 2001
    • Virginia gubernatorial election, 2001
    • Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2001
    • Virginia Attorney General election, 2001

References

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