Virginia House of Delegates election, 1981

November 3, 1981

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.8%[1] Increase
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader A. L. Philpott Jerry Geisler
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 9, 1980 September 11, 1974
Leader's seat 12th 5th
Last election 74 25
Seats won 66 33
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 8

Speaker before election

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

Elected Speaker

A. L. Philpott
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1981 was held on Tuesday, November 3. Primary elections were held on September 8, 1981.

The districts were established by the Assembly Act of August 11, 1981 (Acts of Assembly, 1981 Special Session, Chapter 5). They were challenged in Federal District Court, which found the map unconstitutional in Cosner v. Dalton. The Court allowed the 1981 elections to proceed under the August 11, 1981 Act, but for a one-year term only. A new general election would thus be held in November 1982, under a new map.

The 50 multi-member districts, electing 100 delegates in total, were as follows (52, without a 31st or 40th district):

DistrictDelegates
1st2
2nd2
3rd2
4th1
5th3
6th2
7th2
8th1
9th2
10th2
11th2
12th2
13th3
14th1
15th2
16th1
17th1
18th1
19th1
20th1
21st2
22nd3
23rd3
24th2
25th1
26th1
27th2
29th1
30th1
32nd4
33rd4
34th3
35th1
36th2
37th5
38th5
39th2
41st2
42nd1
43rd1
44th1
45th2
46th1
47th1
48th3
49th3
50th3
51st3
52nd3

See also

References

  1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
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