1983 Virginia Senate election explained
Election Name: | 1983 Virginia Senate elections |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1979 Virginia Senate election |
Previous Year: | 1979 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1983 |
Next Election: | 1987 Virginia Senate election |
Next Year: | 1987 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Turnout: | 50.6%[1] 1.05 pp |
Leader1: | Hunter Andrews |
Leader Since1: | January 9, 1980 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat1: | 1st |
Last Election1: | 30 seats, 63.5% |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 634,957 |
Percentage1: | 64.0% |
Swing1: | 0.5 pp |
Majority leader |
Before Election: | Hunter Andrews |
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: | 10 seats, 35.2% |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 332,548 |
Percentage2: | 33.5% |
Swing2: | 1.7 pp |
Map Size: | 300px |
All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election on November 8, 1983, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election.
Overall results
Parties | Seats | Popular Vote |
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align=center | 1979 | align=center | 1983 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change |
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| Democratic | align=right | 30 | align=right | 32 | align=right | 2 | align=right | 80.00% | align=right | 634,957 | align=right | 63.98% | align=right | 0.45% |
| Republican | align=right | 10 | align=right | 8 | align=right | 2 | align=right | 20.00% | align=right | 332,548 | align=right | 33.51% | align=right | 1.67% |
| Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 11,508 | align=right | 1.16% | align=right | 0.06% |
- | Write-ins | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | | align=right | | align=right | |
align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 40 | align=center | 40 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 992,460 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - | |
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See also
- United States elections, 1983
- Virginia elections, 1983
- Virginia House of Delegates election, 1983
References
- Web site: Registration/Turnout Statistics. Virginia Department of Elections. April 27, 2020.