1979 Virginia Senate election
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1979 Virginia Senate elections|
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Turnout | 51.65%[1] |
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| Majority party | Minority party | | | | Leader | Abe Brault | William A. Truban | Party | Democratic | Republican | Leader since | January 14, 1976 | January 14, 1976 | Leader's seat | 34th | 27th | Last election | 35 seats, 69.6% | 5 seats, 26.2% | Seats won | 30 | 10 | Seat change | 5 | 5 | Popular vote | 625,023 | 346,137 | Percentage | 63.5% | 35.2% | Swing | 6.1 pp | 9.0 pp | |
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The 1979 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 6, 1979, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.
Overall results[edit]
↓ 30 | 10 |
Democratic | Republican |
Parties | Seats | Popular Vote |
1975 | 1979 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change |
| Democratic | 35 | 30 | 5 | 75.00% | 625,023 | 63.53% | 6.09% |
| Republican | 5 | 10 | 5 | 25.00% | 346,137 | 35.18% | 8.99% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 11,988 | 1.22% | 2.95% |
- | Write-ins | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 680 | 0.07% | 0.04% |
Total | 40 | 40 | 0 | 100.00% | 983,828 | 100.00% | - |
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