2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election

2022 West Virginia House of Delegates elections
November 8, 2022
All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
GOP
DEM
Leader Roger Hanshaw Doug Skaff
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since August 29, 2018 November 30, 2020
Leader's seat 33rd (pre-election)
62nd (post-election)
 35th (pre-election)
57th (post-election)
Last election 76 seats, 58.8% 24 seats, 40.5%
Seats before 78 22
Seats won 88 12
Seat change 10 10
Popular vote 316,588 138,747
Percentage 68.7% 30.1%
Swing 9.9% 10.4%
Results:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Speaker before election

Roger Hanshaw
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Roger Hanshaw
Republican

The 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election was held on November 8, 2022, electing all 100 members of the chamber. This coincided with the election of 17 of West Virginia's 34 state senators, and the election of West Virginia's two U.S. representatives. Primary elections were held on May 10, 2022. Due to redistricting, this was the first House of Delegates election in which all members were elected from single member districts, with West Virginia following a trend of states phasing out multi-member districts in recent decades.

The Republican party won 88 seats, increasing their supermajority in the chamber. In early 2023, delegate Elliott Pritt switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, increasing the party's seat count to 89.

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