1973 general · November 6, 1973
1973 Virginia election results
Every race on Virginia's ballot in the 1973 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races53
Changed party1
Unopposed25%13 races
Incumbents defeated13
Virginia State Senate
Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-20 | Virgil Goode (IND) | 33.3 |
Virginia House of Delegates
D 65 · R 20 · Other 15 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Orby L. Cantrell · Ford C. Quillen (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-2 | W. L. Lemmon · Joseph A. Johnson (D) | 14.0 | |
| HD-3 | C. D. Dunford · Donald A. McGlothlin (D) | 9.2 | |
| HD-4 | A. A. Campbell (D) | 31.5 | |
| HD-5 | C. Jefferson Stafford (R) | 20.4 | |
| HD-6 | W. Ward Teel · Jerry H. Geisler (R) | 2.5 | |
| HD-7 | A. Victor Thomas · Ray L. Garland (DEM) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-8 | C. Richard Cranwell · Raymond R. Robrecht (DEM) | 5.8 | |
| HD-9 | Lacey E. Putney · Charles W. Gunn Jr. (IND) | 9.2 | |
| HD-10 | William T. Wilson (D) | 19.2 | |
| HD-11 | Donald G. Pendleton · Joan S. Jones (D) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-12 | Richard W. Elliott (D) | 36.8 | |
| HD-13 | Randall O. Reynolds · A. L. Philpott · Garry G. Debruhl (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | Calvin W. Fowler (IND) | 37.3 | |
| HD-15 | J. Marshall Coleman · A. R. Giesen Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | Nathan H. Miller · I. Clinton Miller (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 | Raymond R. Guest Jr. · Alson H. Smith Jr. (REP) | 12.8 | |
| HD-18 | Dorothy McDiarmid · Vincent F. Callahan · Wyatt B. Durette Jr. · Carrington Williams · Raymond Vickery (DEM) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 | Warren E. Barry · James E. Dillard · Thomas Jefferson Rothrock · James R. Tate · Robert E. Harris (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-20 | Kenneth B. Rollins · Stanley A. Owens · William R. Murphy (IND) | 1.6 | |
| HD-21 | Frank E. Mann · James M. Thomson (D) | 8.6 | |
| HD-22 | John L. Melnick · Mary A. Marshall · Warren G. Stambaugh (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-23 | Ira M. Lechner (D) | 8.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 | Robert R. Gwathmey · Lewis P. Fickett Jr. (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-25 | Daniel Slaughter (IND) | 64.9 | |
| HD-26 | Thomas J. Michie Jr. · James B. Murray (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-27 | Claude W. Anderson (IND) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | Franklin M. Slayton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 | Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D) | 85.4 | Flipped |
| HD-30 | Norman Sisisky (IND) | 19.4 | |
| HD-31 | L. O. Scott (IND) | 31.3 | |
| HD-32 | V. Earl Dickinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 | Edward E. Lane · George E. Allen Jr. · Philip B. Morris · Eleanor P. Sheppard · Walter H. Emroch (D) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-34 | Ralph L. Axselle Jr. · Edwin H. Ragsdale · Robert B. Ball Sr. (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 | Howard H. Carwile (IND) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-36 | George W. Jones · Alexander B. McMurtrie (REP) | 8.2 | |
| HD-37 | C. Hardaway Marks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 | Frederick H. Creekmore · Stanley G. Bryan (D) | 18.8 | |
| HD-39 | Thomas W. Moss Jr. · William P. Robinson Sr. · J. Warren White Jr. · George H. Heilig · Robert E. Washington · Joseph A. Leafe · Evelyn M. Hailey (D) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-40 | Glenn McClanan · Donald H. Rhodes · Owen Pickett (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-41 | L. Cleaves Manning · Lester E. Schlitz (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 | Joseph William Obrien Jr. (D) | 15.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-43 | J. Samuel Glasscock (IND) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 | J. Paul Councill Jr. (D) | 7.3 | |
| HD-45 | L. Ray Ashworth (IND) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 | George N. McMath (R) | 11.7 | |
| HD-47 | Calvin G. Sanford (R) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-48 | John Warren Cooke (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 | Alan Diamonstein · Theodore V. Morrison Jr. · Lewis A. McMurran Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 | Richard M. Bagley · John D. Gray (IND) | 14.1 | |
| HD-51 | George W. Grayson (D) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-52 | Robert E. Quinn (D) | Unopposed |
Virginia
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner