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1983 general · June 21, 1983

1983 Virginia State Senate election results, district by district

Every Virginia State Senate district in the 1983 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 32 · R 8
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed45%18 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 32 · R 8

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Hunter B. Andrews (D)Unopposed
SD-2Bobby Scott (D)8.4
SD-3William E. Fears (D)29.5
SD-4Elmo G. Cross Jr. (D)28.6
SD-5Peter K. Babalas (D)Unopposed
SD-6Stanley C. Walker (D)Unopposed
SD-7Clarence A. Holland (D)14.2
SD-8A. Joseph Canada Jr. (R)30.4
SD-9L. Douglas Wilder (D)Unopposed
SD-10Edward E. Willey (D)Unopposed
SD-11Robert E. Russell (R)Unopposed
SD-12William F. Parkerson Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-13John S. Joannou (D)Unopposed
SD-14William T. Parker (D)Unopposed
SD-15Richard J. Holland (D)Unopposed
SD-16Elmon T. Gray (D)65.4
SD-17R. Edward Houck (D)9.1
SD-18Howard P. Anderson (D)Unopposed
SD-19W. Onico Barker (R)11.2
SD-20Virgil Goode (D)Unopposed
SD-21J. Granger Macfarlane (D)5.3Incumbent lost
SD-22Dudley J. Emick Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-23Elliot S. Schewel (D)52.7
SD-24Frank W. Nolen (D)Unopposed
SD-25Thomas J. Michie Jr. (D)3.2
SD-26Kevin G. Miller (R)19.2
SD-27William A. Truban (R)Unopposed
SD-28John H. Chichester (R)50.3
SD-29Charles J. Colgan Sr. (D)Unopposed
SD-30Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (R)12.7
SD-31Edward M. Holland (D)Unopposed
SD-32Clive L. Duval II (D)26.1
SD-33Charles L. Waddell (D)29.9
SD-34John W. Russell (R)1.2
SD-35Richard L. Saslaw (D)16.7
SD-36Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. (D)17.7
SD-37Madison Marye (D)9.9
SD-38Daniel W. Bird Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-39James P. Jones (D)32.8
SD-40John Chalkley Buchanan (D)26.3

Virginia State Senate

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