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
Parties | Seats | Popular Vote |
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align=center | 1971 | align=center | 1975 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change |
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| Democratic | align=right | 34 | align=right | 35 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 87.50% | align=right | 588,993 | align=right | 69.62% | align=right | 5.17% |
| Republican | align=right | 6 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 13.50% | align=right | 221,545 | align=right | 26.19% | align=right | 5.45% |
| Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 35,283 | align=right | 4.17% | align=right | 0.29% |
- | Write-ins | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 240 | align=right | 0.03% | align=right | 0.01% |
align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 40 | align=center | 40 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 846,061 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - | |
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See also
References
- 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.