2005 Virginia House of Delegates election

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

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]
  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 won 58 39
Seat change 3 2
Popular vote 979,209 640,958
Percentage 56.1% 36.7%
Swing 1.6% 0.3%

Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

Elected Speaker

Bill Howell
Republican

Results

Overview

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58 39 3
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2003 2005 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 61 58 3 58.00% 979,209 56.11%
Democratic 37 39 2 39.00% 640,958 36.73%
Independent 2 3 1 3.00% 83,908 4.81%
Libertarian 0 0 0.00% 11,302 0.65%
Independent Greens 0 0 0.00% 1,664 0.10%
- Write-ins 0 0 0.00% 28,031 1.61%
Total 100 100 0 100.00% 1,745,072 100.00% -


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