1989 Virginia House of Delegates election explained

Election Name:Virginia House of Delegates election, 1989
Country:Virginia
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1987 Virginia House of Delegates election
Previous Year:1987
Election Date:November 7, 1989
Next Election:1991 Virginia House of Delegates election
Next Year:1991
Seats For Election:All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
Majority Seats:51
Turnout:66.5%[1]
Leader1:A. L. Philpott
Leader Since1:January 9, 1980
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:11th
Last Election1:64 + 1
Seats1:59 + 1
Seat Change1: 5
Popular Vote1:788,087
Percentage1:53.0%
Swing1: 3.9%
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 Election2:35
Seats2:40
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:668,856
Percentage2:45.0%
Swing2: 5.0%
Map Size:300px

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1989 was held on Tuesday, November 7. Primary elections were held on June 13, 1989.

Results

Overview

59401
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
align=center 1987align=center 1989align=center +/-align=center Strengthalign=center Votealign=center %align=center Change
Democraticalign=right 79 align=right 64align=right 59align=right 5align=right 59.00%align=right 788,087align=right 52.98%align=right
Republicanalign=right 61align=right 35align=right 40align=right 5align=right 40.00%align=right 668,856align=right 44.96%align=right
Independentalign=right 9align=right 1align=right 1align=right align=right 1.00%align=right 28,055align=right 1.89%align=right
-Write-insalign=right -align=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0.00%align=right 2,643align=right 0.18%align=right
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 149align=center 100align=center 100align=center 0align=center 100.00%align=center 1,487,641align=center 100.00%align=center -
Source[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Registration/Turnout Statistics. Virginia Department of Elections. January 1, 2018. October 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018023154/https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registration-statistics/registrationturnout-statistics/index.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Historical Elections Database. Virginia Department of Elections. December 27, 2019.