1997 Virginia House of Delegates election

1997 Virginia House of Delegates elections

← 1995 November 4, 1997 1999 →

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.5%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tom Moss Vance Wilkins
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 28, 1991 November 19, 1991
Leader's seat 88th 24th
Last election 52 47
Seats won 51 48
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 658,203 779,031
Percentage 43.8% 51.8%
Swing Decrease 2.9% Increase 1.1%

Speaker before election

Tom Moss
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tom Moss
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1997 was held on Tuesday, November 4.

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