| Election Name: | 1971 Virginia Senate elections |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Virginia Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1971 |
| Next Election: | 1975 Virginia Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | Edward L. Breeden Jr. |
| Leader Since1: | January 21, 1970 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 5th/6th/7th |
| Last Election1: | 34 seats |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 557,040 |
| Percentage1: | 64.5% |
| Majority leader | |
| Before Election: | Edward L. Breeden Jr. |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William B. Hopkins |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | James C. Turk |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | January 13, 1965 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 37th |
| Last Election2: | 6 seats |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 273,477 |
| Percentage2: | 31.6% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1971 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 2, 1971, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.[1]
| 34 | 6 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1967 | align=center | 1971 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||
| Democratic | align=right | 34 | align=right | 34 | align=right | align=right | 85.00% | align=right | 557,040 | align=right | 64.45% | align=right | ||||
| Republican | align=right | 6 | align=right | 6 | align=right | align=right | 15.00% | align=right | 273,477 | align=right | 31.64% | align=right | ||||
| Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 33,572 | align=right | 3.88% | align=right | ||||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 172 | align=right | 0.02% | align=right | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 40 | align=center | 40 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 864,261 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |