1991 Virginia House of Delegates election

Virginia House of Delegates election, 1991

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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.1%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tom Moss Andy Guest
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 28, 1991 December 3, 1985
Leader's seat 88th 31st
Last election 59+1 40
Seats won 58+1 41
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 623,577 493,658
Percentage 54.2% 42.9%
Swing Increase 1.2% Decrease 2.1%

Speaker before election

Ford C. Quillen (acting)
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tom Moss
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1991 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Just over a month earlier, on September 28, House Speaker A. L. Philpott died of cancer. Democratic floor leader Tom Moss led his party going into the election; Moss was elected Speaker two weeks later, after his conference maintained a majority in the chamber.

  1. ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.