1997 Virginia House of Delegates election
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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.5%[1]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1997 was held on Tuesday, November 4. The 1997 general election yielded a 51-48-1 Democratic majority. David Brickley resigned his seat right afterward, however, and a special election for District 51 was called. His seat flipped to the Republicans, and with Independent Lacey Putney siding with the Republicans, the chamber was tied. Democrats retained the Speakership through a power-sharing agreement.[2][3]
Results
Overview
| 51 | 48 | 1 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 1995 | 1997 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Democratic | 70 | 52 | 51 | 1
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51.00% | 658,203 | 43.75% | ||
| Republican | 68 | 47 | 48 |  1
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48.00% | 779,031 | 51.78% | ||
| Independent | 19 | 1 | 1 | 
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1.00% | 52,099 | 3.46% | ||
| Reform Party | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 7,932 | 0.53% | ||
| - | Write-ins | - | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 7,287 | 0.48% | |
| Total | 161 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,504,552 | 100.00% | - | |
Source[4]
See also
- 1997 United States elections
- 1997 Virginia elections
References
- ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ "Virginia State Legislature". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Southern Politics in the 1990s. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4181-6.
- ^ "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.