| Election Name: | 2005 United States state legislative elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 United States state legislative elections |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2006 United States state legislative elections |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | 2 legislative chambers 2 states |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2005 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 50 |
| 2Data1: | 50 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 48 |
| 2Data2: | 48 |
| 1Blank: | Chambers before |
| 2Blank: | Chambers after |
| 3Blank: | Overall change |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Map2 Size: | 320px |
The 2005 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2005. Two legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states.[1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.
Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the Virginia House of Delegates.[2] [3]
Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 578 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly-scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly-scheduled elections.
| State | Upper House | Lower House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats up | Total | % up | Term | Seats up | Total | % up | Term | ||
| New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2/4 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 2 | |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 | |
All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[4] Democrats slightly increased their majority control.[5] [6]
| +colspan=6 | General Assembly | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 47 | 49 | 2 | |||
| Republican | 33 | 31 | 2 | |||
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||||
See main article: 2005 Virginia House of Delegates election. All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats made slight gains, but Republicans maintained the majority.[7]
| +colspan=6 | House of Delegates | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 60 | 57 | 3 | |||
| Democratic | 38 | 40 | 2 | |||
| Independents | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 100 | 100 | ||||
All seats of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and half of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate are up for election. Senators are elected to four-year terms and Representatives are elected to two-year terms.
| +colspan=6 | House of Representatives | |||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 7 | 7 | ||
| Democratic | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independents | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Covenant Party | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 18 | ||
| +colspan=6 | Senate | |||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Democratic | 2 | 2 | ||
| Covenant Party | 3 | 3 | ||
| Independents | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | ||