| Election Name: | Virginia House of Delegates election, 1987 |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1985 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 1985 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1987 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Turnout: | 59.1%[1] |
| Leader1: | A. L. Philpott |
| Leader Since1: | January 9, 1980 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 11th |
| Last Election1: | 65 |
| Seats1: | 64 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 709,525 |
| Percentage1: | 56.9% |
| Swing1: | 1.4% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | A. L. Philpott |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | A. L. Philpott |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | Andy Guest |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | December 3, 1985 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 31st |
| Last Election2: | 33 |
| Seats2: | 35 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 497,506 |
| Percentage2: | 39.9% |
| Swing2: | 0.4% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1987 was held on Tuesday, November 3. Primary elections were held on June 9, 1987.
| 64 | 35 | 1 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1985 | align=center | 1987 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||||
| Democratic | align=right | 77 | align=right | 65 | align=right | 64 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 64.00% | align=right | 709,525 | align=right | 56.93% | align=right | |||
| Republican | align=right | 53 | align=right | 33 | align=right | 35 | align=right | 2 | align=right | 35.00% | align=right | 497,506 | align=right | 39.92% | align=right | |||
| Independent | align=right | 9 | align=right | 2 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 1.00% | align=right | 38,559 | align=right | 3.09% | align=right | |||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | - | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 770 | align=right | 0.06% | align=right | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 139 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 1,246,360 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |