1975 Virginia Senate election

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]

1975 Virginia Senate elections

← 1971 November 4, 1975 1979 →

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

Overall results

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

See also

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References

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  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.