2001 Virginia House of Delegates election

2001 Virginia House of Delegates elections
November 6, 2001
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.4%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Vance Wilkins Richard Cranwell
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since November 19, 1991 January 12, 2000
Leader's seat 24th 14th
Last election 52 47
Seats won 64 34
Seat change 12 13
Popular vote 933,120 657,292
Percentage 55.5% 39.1%
Swing 5.0% 4.8%
Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Independent hold      Independent gain
Speaker before election

Vance Wilkins
Republican

Elected Speaker

Vance Wilkins
Republican

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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2001 was held on Tuesday, November 6.

Results

Overview

[2]

↓
64 34 2
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1999 2001 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 81 52 64 12 64.00% 933,120 55.47%
Democratic 69 47 34 13 34.00% 657,292 39.08%
Independent 15 1 2 2.00% 78,464 4.66%
Libertarian 5 0 0 0.00% 4,741 0.28%
Independent Greens 1 0 0 0.00% 385 0.02%
- Write-ins 0 0 0.00% 8,114 0.48%
Total 171 100 100 0 100.00% 1,682,116 100.00% -

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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