1975 Virginia Senate elections
November 4, 1975
All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader William B. Hopkins Robert S. Burruss Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 4, 1972 November 21, 1972
Leader's seat 21st 23rd
Last election 34 seats, 64.5% 6 seats, 31.6%
Seats won 35 5
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 588,993 221,545
Percentage 69.6% 26.2%
Swing Increase 5.1 pp Decrease 5.4 pp
Majority leader before election

William B. Hopkins
Democratic

 Elected Majority leader

Abe Brault
Democratic

The 1975 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 4, 1975, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.[1]

Overall results

↓
35 5
Democratic Republican
Parties Seats Popular Vote
1971 1975 +/- Strength Vote  % Change
Democratic 34 35 Increase 1 87.50% 588,993 69.62% Increase 5.17%
Republican 6 5 Decrease 1 13.50% 221,545 26.19% Decrease 5.45%
Independent 0 0 Steady 0.00% 35,283 4.17% Increase 0.29%
- Write-ins 0 0 Steady 0.00% 240 0.03% Increase 0.01%
Total 40 40 0 100.00% 846,061 100.00% -

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official Election Results for Members of the Senate of Virginia and House of Delegates in the General Election November 4, 1975". Virginia Elections Database.
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