1975 Virginia Senate election explained

Election Name:1975 Virginia Senate elections
Country:Virginia
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1971 Virginia Senate election
Previous Year:1971
Election Date:November 4, 1975
Next Election:1979 Virginia Senate election
Next Year:1979
Seats For Election:All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
Majority Seats:21
Leader1:William B. Hopkins
Leader Since1:January 4, 1972
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:21st
Last Election1:34 seats, 64.5%
Seats1:35
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:588,993
Percentage1:69.6%
Swing1: 5.1 pp
Majority leader
Before Election:William B. Hopkins
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Abe Brault
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Leader2:Robert S. Burruss Jr.
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since2:November 21, 1972
Leaders Seat2:23rd
Last Election2:6 seats, 31.6%
Seats2:5
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:221,545
Percentage2:26.2%
Swing2: 5.4 pp
Map Size:300px

The 1975 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 4, 1975, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.[1]

Overall results

355
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesSeatsPopular Vote
align=center 1971align=center 1975align=center +/-align=center Strengthalign=center Votealign=center %align=center Change
Democraticalign=right 34align=right 35align=right 1align=right 87.50%align=right 588,993align=right 69.62%align=right 5.17%
Republicanalign=right 6align=right 5align=right 1align=right 13.50%align=right 221,545align=right 26.19%align=right 5.45%
Independentalign=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0.00%align=right 35,283align=right 4.17%align=right 0.29%
-Write-insalign=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0.00%align=right 240align=right 0.03%align=right 0.01%
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 40align=center 40align=center 0align=center 100.00%align=center 846,061align=center 100.00%align=center -

See also

References

  1. Web site: Official Election Results for Members of the Senate of Virginia and House of Delegates in the General Election November 4, 1975 . Virginia Elections Database.