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

328
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesSeatsPopular Vote
align=center 1979align=center 1983align=center +/-align=center Strengthalign=center Votealign=center %align=center Change
Democraticalign=right 30align=right 32align=right 2align=right 80.00%align=right 634,957align=right 63.98%align=right 0.45%
Republicanalign=right 10align=right 8align=right 2align=right 20.00%align=right 332,548align=right 33.51%align=right 1.67%
Independentalign=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0.00%align=right 11,508align=right 1.16%align=right 0.06%
-Write-insalign=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0.00%align=right align=right align=right
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 40align=center 40align=center 0align=center 100.00%align=center 992,460align=center 100.00%align=center -

See also

References

  1. Web site: Registration/Turnout Statistics. Virginia Department of Elections. April 27, 2020.