| Election Name: | 1991 Virginia Senate elections |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1987 Virginia Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1995 Virginia Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Turnout: | 49.1%[1] 10.0 pp |
| Leader1: | Hunter Andrews |
| Leader Since1: | January 9, 1980 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 1st |
| Last Election1: | 30 seats, 63.2% |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 657,012 |
| Percentage1: | 54.8% |
| Swing1: | 8.4 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, 33.4% |
| Seats2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 499,273 |
| Percentage2: | 41.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
In the elections to the Senate of Virginia, United States in October 1991, the Republican Party gained 8 seats from the Democrats, but the Democrats retained a majority with 22 seats to the Republicans' 18. One electoral district was newly created and another two were merged into one.
| 22 | 18 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1987 | align=center | 1991 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||
| Democratic | align=right | 30 | align=right | 22 | align=right | 8 | align=right | 55.00% | align=right | 657,012 | align=right | align=right | ||||
| Republican | align=right | 10 | align=right | 18 | align=right | 8 | align=right | 45.00% | align=right | 499,273 | align=right | align=right | ||||
| Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | align=right | align=right | ||||||
| - | 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 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Andrews | Democratic | 1963 | Re-elected | Hunter Andrews (D) 52.44% Barry I. Epstein (R) 44.90% Lorene Marable-Safavinia (I) 2.63% | ||
| 2 | Robert C. Scott | Democratic | 1982 | Re-elected | Robert C. Scott (D) unopposed | ||
| 3 | William E. Fears | Democratic | 1967 | Lost re-election Republican gain | Tommy Norment (R) 54.27% William E. Fears (D) 45.71% | ||
| 4 | Elmo G. Cross, Jr. | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Elmo G. Cross, Jr. (D) 62.15% Randy D. Barrack (R) 37.83% | ||
| 5 | Yvonne B. Miller | Democratic | 1987 | Re-elected | Yvonne B. Miller (D) 75.53% F. P. Clay, Jr. (R) 20.20% Loretta F. Chandler (I) 3.99% | ||
| 6 | Stanley C. Walker | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Stanley C. Walker (D) 83.10% Alain E. Lareau, Jr. (R) 16.40% | ||
| 7 | Clarence A. Holland | Democratic | 1983 | Re-elected | Clarence A. Holland (D) 53.41% Mark S. Bailey (R) 46.47% | ||
| 8 | Moody E. Stallings, Jr. | Democratic | 1987 | Lost re-election Republican gain | Ken Stolle (R) 54.02% Moody E. Stallings, Jr. (D) 45.80% | ||
| 9 | Benjamin Lambert | Democratic | 1985 | Re-elected | Benjamin Lambert (D) unopposed | ||
| 10 | Joseph B. Benedetti | Republican | 1986 | Re-elected | Joseph B. Benedetti (R) unopposed | ||
| 11 | Robert E. Russell, Sr. | Republican | 1983 | Re-elected | Robert E. Russell, Sr. (R) 53.54% Alexander B. McMurtrie, Jr. (D) 46.33% | ||
| 12 | Edwina P. Dalton | Republican | 1987 | Retired Republican hold | Walter Stosch (R) 75.61% Charlotte L. Armstrong (D) 24.30% | ||
| 13 | Johnny Joannou | Democratic | 1983 | Lost re-election Republican gain | Fred Quayle (R) 50.78% Johnny Joannou (D) 49.20% | ||
| 14 | Mark Earley | Republican | 1987 | Re-elected | Mark Earley (R) 68.44% Johnny W. Butt (D) 31.51% | ||
| 15 | Richard J. Holland | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Richard J. Holland (D) unopposed | ||
| 16 | Elmon T. Gray | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold | Henry L. Marsh (D) 60.10% Don A. Harrington, Jr. (I) 22.40% John C. Holden (I) 17.45% | ||
| 17 | Edd Houck | Democratic | 1983 | Re-elected | Edd Houck (D) 63.78% J. Russ Moulton, Jr. (R) 36.22% | ||
| 18 | Howard P. Anderson | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold | Louise Lucas (D) 51.88% Frank Ruff (R) 48.12% | ||
| 19 | William Onico Barker | Republican | 1979 | Retired Republican hold | Charles R. Hawkins (R) unopposed | ||
| 20 | Virgil Goode | Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | Virgil Goode (D) unopposed | ||
| 21 | Granger Macfarlane | Democratic | 1983 | Lost re-election Republican gain | J. Brandon Bell (R) 53.49% Granger Macfarlane (D) 46.45% | ||
| 22 | Dudley J. Emick | Democratic | 1975 | Retired Republican gain | Malfourd W. Trumbo (R) 43.27% Francis E. Longaker (I) 28.87% A. Carole Pratt (I) 27.84% | ||
| 23 | Elliot S. Schewel | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Elliot S. Schewel (D) unopposed | ||
| 24 | Frank W. Nolen | Democratic | 1974 | Re-elected | Frank W. Nolen (D) unopposed | ||
| 25 | Thomas J. Michie, Jr. | Democratic | 1980 | Loss re-election Republican gain | Edgar S. Robb (R) 50.76% Thomas J. Michie, Jr. (D) 49.20% | ||
| 26 | Kevin G. Miller | Republican | 1983 | Re-elected | Kevin G. Miller (R) 59.47% Margaret E. Haynes (D) 40.52% | ||
| 27 | William A. Truban | Republican | 1971 | Retired Republican hold | Russ Potts (R) 49.61% Dennis L. Hupp (D) 31.35% Thomas A. Lewis (I) 17.20% Robert Lynwood Coffman (I) 1.83% | ||
| 28 | John Chichester | Republican | 1978 | Re-elected | John Chichester (R) 69.48% Edwin C. King (D) 30.52% | ||
| 29 | Charles Colgan | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Charles Colgan (D) unopposed | ||
| 30 | Robert L. Calhoun | Republican | 1988 | Re-elected | Robert L. Calhoun (R) 65.25% Stanley R. Vosper, Jr. (D) 34.59% | ||
| 31 | Edward M. Holland | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Edward M. Holland (D) 71.80% Francis J. Mahoney, Jr. (R) 28.02% | ||
| 32 | Clive L. DuVal | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold | Janet Howell (D) 52.46% Frederick T. Dykes (R) 47.41% | ||
| 33 | Charles L. Waddell | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Charles L. Waddell (D) 48.98% Dennis G. Pierce (R) 25.83% Kristen C. Umstattd (I) 25.14% | ||
| 34 | Emilie F. Miller | Democratic | 1987 | Loss re-election Republican gain | Jane H. Woods (R) 52.06% Emiie F. Miller (D) 47.88% | ||
| 35 | Richard L. Saslaw | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Richard L. Saslaw (D) 60.21% Christy Anne Marie Collins (R) 39.74% | ||
| 36 | Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. (D) 51.17% John M. Griswold (R) 48.71% | ||
| 37 | None (District created) | New seat Republican gain | Warren E. Barry (R) 60.60% James C. Tso (D) 39.32% | ||||
| 38 | Daniel W. Bird, Jr. | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Jackson E. Reasor, Jr. (D) unopposed | ||
| 39 | Madison E. Marye Redistricted from the 37th district | Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | Madison E. Marye (D) unopposed | ||
| 40 | J. Jack Kennedy Jr. | Democratic | 1991 | Loss redistricting contest Democratic loss | William C. Wampler, Jr. (R) 52.35% Joe Jack Kennedy, Jr. (D) 47.63% | ||
| William C. Wampler Jr. Redistricted from the 39th district | Republican | 1987 | Re-elected | ||||