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
Turnout	46.4%[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

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

Results

Overview

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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	2	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

• 2001 United States elections
• 2001 Virginia elections
  • 2001 Virginia gubernatorial election
  • 2001 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
  • 2001 Virginia Attorney General election

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".