1999 Virginia Senate election explained
Election Name: | 1999 Virginia Senate elections |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Virginia Senate election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1999 |
Next Election: | 2003 Virginia Senate election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Turnout: | 36.1%[1] 16.1 pp |
Leader1: | Walter Stosch |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader Since1: | January 13, 1998 |
Leaders Seat1: | 12th |
Last Election1: | 20 seats, 55.3% |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 694,231 |
Percentage1: | 59.2% |
Swing1: | 3.9 pp |
Majority leader |
Before Election: | Walter Stosch |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Walter Stosch |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader2: | Dick Saslaw |
Leader Since2: | January 10, 1996 |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat2: | 35th |
Last Election2: | 20 seats, 42.0% |
Seats2: | 19 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 440,873 |
Percentage2: | 37.6% |
Swing2: | 4.4 pp |
Map Size: | 300px |
The Virginia Senate election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2.
Overall results
↓21 | 19 |
Republican | Democratic | |
Parties | Seats | Popular Vote |
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align=center | 1995 | align=center | 1999 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change |
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| Republican | align=right | 20 | align=right | 21 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 52.50% | align=right | 694,231 | align=right | | align=right | |
| Democratic | align=right | 20 | align=right | 19 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 47.50% | align=right | 440,873 | 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 | - | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Registration/Turnout Statistics. Virginia Department of Elections. April 27, 2020.