2005 Virginia House of Delegates election

2005 Virginia House of Delegates elections

November 8, 2005
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.0%
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 3 2 Popular vote 979,209 640,958 Percentage 56.1% 36.7% Swing 1.6% 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	4	58.00%	979,209	56.11%
	Democratic		37	40	3	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%	-

See also

• 2005 United States elections
• 2005 Virginia elections
  • 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election
  • 2005 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
  • 2005 Virginia Attorney General election