| Election Name: | 1979 Virginia Senate elections |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1975 Virginia Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1975 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Virginia Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Turnout: | 51.65%[1] |
| Leader1: | Abe Brault |
| Leader Since1: | January 14, 1976 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 34th |
| Last Election1: | 35 seats, 69.6% |
| Seats1: | 30 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 625,023 |
| Percentage1: | 63.5% |
| Swing1: | 6.1 pp |
| Majority leader | |
| Before Election: | Abe Brault |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Hunter Andrews |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | William A. Truban |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | January 14, 1976 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 27th |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats, 26.2% |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 346,137 |
| Percentage2: | 35.2% |
| Swing2: | 9.0 pp |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1979 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 6, 1979, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.
| 30 | 10 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1975 | align=center | 1979 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||
| Democratic | align=right | 35 | align=right | 30 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 75.00% | align=right | 625,023 | align=right | 63.53% | align=right | 6.09% | ||
| Republican | align=right | 5 | align=right | 10 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 25.00% | align=right | 346,137 | align=right | 35.18% | align=right | 8.99% | ||
| Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 11,988 | align=right | 1.22% | align=right | 2.95% | |||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 680 | align=right | 0.07% | align=right | 0.04% | ||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 40 | align=center | 40 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 983,828 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |