Virginia House of Delegates election, 1985

← 1983 November 5, 1985 1987 →
All 100 seats in theVirginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.0%[1]
Majority party Minority party   Leader A. L. Philpott Vince Callahan Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 9, 1980 January 13, 1982 Leader's seat 11th 34th Last election 65 34 Seats won 65 33 Seat change 1 Popular vote 630,701 427,656 Percentage 58.3% 39.5%
Results:      Republican hold     Republican gain      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Independent hold     Independent gain
Speaker before election A. L. Philpott Democratic ElectedSpeaker A. L. Philpott Democratic

TheVirginia House of Delegates election of 1985 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Primary elections were held on June 11, 1985.

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			1983	1985	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	79	65	65		65.00%	630,701	58.29%
	Republican	59	34	33	1	33.00%	427,656	39.52%
	Independent	5	1	2	1	0.00%	23,050	2.13%
-	Write-ins	-	0	0		0.00%	603	0.06%
Total		143	100	100	0	100.00%	1,082,010	100.00%	-

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• 1985 United States elections
• 1985 Virginia elections
  • 1985 Virginia gubernatorial election
  • 1985 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
  • 1985 Virginia Attorney General election

• 1985 Virginia elections
• 1985 state legislature elections in the United States
• Virginia House of Delegates elections

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