1985 Virginia House of Delegates election

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1985 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Primary elections were held on June 11, 1985.

Virginia House of Delegates election, 1985
November 5, 1985
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.0%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader A. L. Philpott Vince Callahan
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 9, 1980 January 13, 1982
Leader's seat 11th 34th
Last election 65 34
Seats won 65 33
Seat change 1
Popular vote 630,701 427,656
Percentage 58.3% 39.5%
Speaker before election

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

Elections in Virginia

Results

Overview
↓
65 33 2
Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1983 1985 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Democratic 79 65 65 65.00% 630,701 58.29%
Republican 59 34 33 1 33.00% 427,656 39.52%
Independent 5 1 2 1 0.00% 23,050 2.13%
- Write-ins - 0 0 0.00% 603 0.06%
Total 143 100 100 0 100.00% 1,082,010 100.00% -

Source[2]

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See also
  • United States elections, 1985
  • Virginia elections, 1985
    • Virginia gubernatorial election, 1985
    • Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1985
    • Virginia Attorney General election, 1985

References
  1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  2. "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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