2005 Virginia House of Delegates elections
November 8, 2005
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45.0%[1] Increase
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bill Howell Frank Hall
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2003 January 9, 2002
Leader's seat 28th 69th
Last election 61 37
Seats before 60 38
Seats won 57 40
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2
Popular vote 979,209 640,958
Percentage 56.1% 36.7%
Swing Decrease 1.6% Decrease 0.3%
Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Independent hold      Independent gain
Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Bill Howell
Republican

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2005 was held on Tuesday, November 8.

Results

Overview

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↓
57 40 3
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2003 2005 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 61 57 Decrease 4 58.00% 979,209 56.11%
Democratic 37 40 Increase 3 39.00% 640,958 36.73%
Independent 2 3 Increase 1 3.00% 83,908 4.81%
Libertarian 0 0 Steady 0.00% 11,302 0.65%
Independent Greens 0 0 Steady 0.00% 1,664 0.10%
- Write-ins 0 0 Steady 0.00% 28,031 1.61%
Total 100 100 0 100.00% 1,745,072 100.00% -

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".
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