| Election Name: | Virginia House of Delegates election, 1985 |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1983 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1985 |
| Next Election: | 1987 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Turnout: | 53.0%[1] |
| Leader1: | A. L. Philpott |
| Leader Since1: | January 9, 1980 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 11th |
| Last Election1: | 65 |
| Seats1: | 65 |
| Popular Vote1: | 630,701 |
| Percentage1: | 58.3% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | A. L. Philpott |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | A. L. Philpott |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | Vince Callahan |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | January 13, 1982 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 34th |
| Last Election2: | 34 |
| Seats2: | 33 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 427,656 |
| Percentage2: | 39.5% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1985 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Primary elections were held on June 11, 1985.
| 65 | 33 | 2 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1983 | align=center | 1985 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||||
| Democratic | align=center | 79 | align=center | 65 | align=center | 65 | align=center | align=right | 65.00% | align=right | 630,701 | align=right | 58.29% | align=right | ||||
| Republican | align=center | 59 | align=center | 34 | align=center | 33 | align=center | 1 | align=right | 33.00% | align=right | 427,656 | align=right | 39.52% | align=right | |||
| Independent | align=center | 5 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 1 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 23,050 | align=right | 2.13% | align=right | |||
| - | Write-ins | align=center | - | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 603 | align=right | 0.06% | align=right | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 143 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 1,082,010 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |