2005 Virginia House of Delegates election explained
Election Name: | 2005 Virginia House of Delegates elections |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Virginia House of Delegates election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2005 |
Next Election: | 2007 Virginia House of Delegates election |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Turnout: | 45.0%[1] |
Leader1: | Bill Howell |
Leader Since1: | January 8, 2003 |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat1: | 28th |
Last Election1: | 61 |
Seats Before1: | 60 |
Seats1: | 57 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 979,209 |
Percentage1: | 56.1% |
Swing1: | 1.6% |
Speaker |
Before Election: | Bill Howell |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bill Howell |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader2: | Frank Hall |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leader Since2: | January 9, 2002 |
Leaders Seat2: | 69th |
Last Election2: | 37 |
Seats Before2: | 38 |
Seats2: | 40 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 640,958 |
Percentage2: | 36.7% |
Swing2: | 0.3% |
Map Size: | 400px |
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2005 was held on Tuesday, November 8.
Results
Overview
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↓57 | 40 | 3 |
Republican | Democratic | |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote |
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2003 | 2005 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change |
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| Republican | | 61 | 57 | 4 | 58.00% | 979,209 | 56.11% | |
| Democratic | | 37 | 40 | 3 | 39.00% | 640,958 | 36.73% | |
| Independent | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.00% | 83,908 | 4.81% | |
| Libertarian | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 11,302 | 0.65% | |
| Independent Greens | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 1,664 | 0.10% | |
- | Write-ins | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 28,031 | 1.61% | |
Total | | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,745,072 | 100.00% | align="center" | - | |
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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: Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections.