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
↓59 | 40 | 1 |
Democratic | Republican | |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote |
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align=center | 1987 | align=center | 1989 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change |
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| Democratic | align=right | 79 | align=right | 64 | align=right | 59 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 59.00% | align=right | 788,087 | align=right | 52.98% | align=right | |
| Republican | align=right | 61 | align=right | 35 | align=right | 40 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 40.00% | align=right | 668,856 | align=right | 44.96% | align=right | |
| Independent | align=right | 9 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 1 | align=right | | align=right | 1.00% | align=right | 28,055 | align=right | 1.89% | align=right | |
- | Write-ins | align=right | - | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 2,643 | align=right | 0.18% | align=right | |
align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 149 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 1,487,641 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - | |
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Source
[2] See also
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: Historical Elections Database. Virginia Department of Elections. December 27, 2019.