1991 Virginia Senate elections|
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| Turnout | 49.1% 10.0 pp |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
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| Leader |
Hunter Andrews |
William A. Truban
(retired) |
| Party |
Democratic |
Republican |
| Leader since |
January 9, 1980 |
January 14, 1976 |
| Leader's seat |
1st |
27th |
| Last election |
30 seats, 63.2% |
10 seats, 33.4% |
| Seats won |
22 |
18 |
| Seat change |
8 |
8 |
| Popular vote |
657,012 |
499,273 |
| Percentage |
54.8% |
41.7% |
| Swing |
8.4 pp |
8.3 pp |
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In the elections to the Senate of Virginia, United States in October 1991, the Republican Party gained 8 seats from the Democrats, but the Democrats retained a majority with 22 seats to the Republicans' 18. One electoral district was newly created and another two were merged into one.
