See main article: 1816 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1816 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1812 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1812 |
| Next Election: | 1820 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Next Year: | 1820 |
| Election Date: | November 1 – December 4, 1816 |
| Image1: | File:John Vanderlyn - James Monroe - Google Art Project.jpg |
| Nominee1: | James Monroe |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 25 |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Percentage1: | 99.94% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | James Madison |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | James Monroe |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,859 |
The 1816 United States presidential election in Virginia was held between November 1 to December 4, 1816, as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
James Monroe's 99.94% of the popular vote made him the most-voted candidate in the state's presidential elections since George Washington's 1788-89 and 1792 records, beating the 1804 records of Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King's 0.04% making him the worst performance of a candidate in presidential voting history.[1] Also with 4 votes of King, making him the lowest votes ever in the state of Virginia.
| 1816 United States presidential election in Virginia[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic-Republican | James Monroe | 6,859 | 99.94% | 25 | ||
| Federalist | Rufus King | 4 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6,863 | 100.00% | 25 | |||