| Election Name: | Virginia House of Delegates election, 1991 |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1989 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 1989 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1993 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Turnout: | 49.1%[1] |
| Image1: | Delegate Moss 1988.jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader1: | Tom Moss |
| Leader Since1: | September 28, 1991 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 88th |
| Last Election1: | 59+1 |
| Seats1: | 58+1 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 623,577 |
| Percentage1: | 54.2% |
| Swing1: | 1.2% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Ford C. Quillen (acting) |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tom Moss |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader2: | Andy Guest |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | December 3, 1985 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 31st |
| Last Election2: | 40 |
| Seats2: | 41 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 493,658 |
| Percentage2: | 42.9% |
| Swing2: | 2.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1991 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Just over a month earlier, on September 28, House Speaker A. L. Philpott died of cancer. Democratic floor leader Tom Moss led his party going into the election; Moss was elected Speaker two weeks later, after his conference maintained a majority in the chamber.
| 58 | 41 | 1 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1989 | align=center | 1991 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||||
| Democratic | align=right | 83 | align=right | 59 | align=right | 58 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 58.00% | align=right | 623,577 | align=right | 54.19% | align=right | |||
| Republican | align=right | 64 | align=right | 40 | align=right | 41 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 41.00% | align=right | 493,658 | align=right | 42.90% | align=right | |||
| Independent | align=right | 11 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 1 | align=right | align=right | 1.00% | align=right | 31,398 | align=right | 2.73% | align=right | ||||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | - | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 2,169 | align=right | 0.19% | align=right | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 158 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 1,150,802 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford C. Quillen | Democratic | 1969 | Re-elected | Ford C. Quillen (D) unopposed | |||
| 2 | Vacant | Bud Phillips (D) unopposed | ||||||
| Bud Phillips Redistricted from the 3rd district | Democratic | 1989 | Re-elected | |||||
| 3 | Jackie T. Stump Redistricted from the 4th district | Democratic | 1989 | Re-elected | Jackie T. Stump (D) unopposed | |||
| 4 | Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. Redistricted from the 6th district | Democratic | 1965 | Re-elected | Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. (D) unopposed | |||
| 5 | C. Jefferson Stafford | Republican | 1971 | Retired Republican loss | Groven Cullen Jennings (D) 61.14% Barnes Lee Kidd (R) 38.85% | |||
| Groven Cullen Jennings Redistricted from the 7th district | Democratic | 1981 | Re-elected | |||||
| 6 | Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district | Democratic | 1987 | Re-elected | Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. (D) unopposed | |||
| 7 | Thomas G. Baker, Jr. Redistricted from the 12th district | Republican | 1989 | Re-elected | Thomas G. Baker, Jr. (R) 69.25% Dallas L. Cox (D) 30.72% | |||
| 8 | G. Steven Agee Redistricted from the 15th district | Republican | 1981 | Re-elected | G. Steven Agee (R) unopposed | |||
| 9 | Willard R. Finney | Democratic | 1982 | Re-elected | Willard R. Finney (D) 52.53% Kenneth S. Rush (R) 47.41% | |||
| 10 | Roscoe Reynolds | Democratic | 1985 | Re-elected | Roscoe Reynolds (D) unopposed | |||
| 11 | A. L. Philpott | Democratic | 1957 | Retired Democratic hold | Ward Armstrong (D) 76.84% Naomi L. Hodge-Muse (R) 23.08% | |||
| 12 | Joan H. Munford Redistricted from the 13th district | Democratic | 1981 | Re-elected | Joan H. Munford (D) 57.22% Alvah T. Leighton, Jr. (R) 42.78% | |||
| 13 | None (District created) | New seat Republican gain | Robert G. Marshall (R) 57.72% R. Dale Reynolds (D) 42.22% | |||||
| 14 | Richard Cranwell | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Richard Cranwell (D) unopposed | |||
| 15 | Raymond R. Guest Redistricted from the 31st district | Republican | 1971 | Re-elected | Raymond R. Guest (R) unopposed | |||
| 16 | Clifton A. Woodrum | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Clifton A. Woodrum (D) unopposed | |||
| 17 | A. Victor Thomas | Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | A. Victor Thomas (D) 79.71% Zaman K. McManaway (I) 20.27% | |||
| 18 | Emmett Hanger Redistricted from the 26th district | Republican | 1982 | Loss re-election Democratic gain | Creigh Deeds (D) 57.07% Emmett Hanger (R) 42.93% | |||