1999 Virginia House of Delegates election

1999 Virginia House of Delegates elections
November 2, 1999
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.1%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Vance Wilkins Tom Moss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since November 19, 1991 September 28, 1991
Leader's seat 24th 88th
Seats before 49+1 50
Seats won 52+1 47
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 606,235 526,294
Percentage 50.5% 43.9%
Swing 1.2% 0.1%
Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Independent hold
Speaker before election

Tom Moss
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Vance Wilkins
Republican

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2.

Independent Lacey Putney sided with the Republicans in the previous legislature, leaving the chamber tied. However, Republicans flipped three seats in this election, and won their first ever majority in the House of Delegates.

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