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All 100 seats in theVirginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 36.1%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheVirginia House of Delegates election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2.
IndependentLacey Putney sided with the Republicans in the previous legislature, leaving the chamber tied.[2][3] However, Republicans flipped three seats in this election, and won their first ever majority in the House of Delegates.
| 52 | 47 | 1 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 1997 | 1999 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Republican | 71 | 48 | 52 | 52.00% | 606,235 | 50.53% | |||
| Democratic | 66 | 51 | 47 | 47.00% | 526,294 | 43.87% | |||
| Independent | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.00% | 60,812 | 5.07% | |||
| - | Write-ins | - | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 6,308 | 0.53% | ||
| Total | 162 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,199,649 | 100.00% | - | |
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