| Election Name: | 1997 Virginia House of Delegates elections |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1997 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Turnout: | 49.5%[1] |
| Leader1: | Tom Moss |
| Leader Since1: | September 28, 1991 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 88th |
| Last Election1: | 52 |
| Seats1: | 51 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 658,203 |
| Percentage1: | 43.8% |
| Swing1: | 2.9% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Tom Moss |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tom Moss |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | Vance Wilkins |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader Since2: | November 19, 1991 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 24th |
| Last Election2: | 47 |
| Seats2: | 48 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 779,031 |
| Percentage2: | 51.8% |
| Swing2: | 1.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1997 was held on Tuesday, November 4.
| 51 | 48 | 1 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1995 | align=center | 1997 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||||
| Democratic | align=right | 70 | align=right | 52 | align=right | 51 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 51.00% | align=right | 658,203 | align=right | 43.75% | align=right | |||
| Republican | align=right | 68 | align=right | 47 | align=right | 48 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 48.00% | align=right | 779,031 | align=right | 51.78% | align=right | |||
| Independent | align=right | 19 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 1 | align=right | align=right | 1.00% | align=right | 52,099 | align=right | 3.46% | align=right | ||||
| Reform Party | align=right | 4 | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 7,932 | align=right | 0.53% | align=right | ||||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | - | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 7,287 | align=right | 0.48% | align=right | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 161 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 1,504,552 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |