Virginia Senate
Party seats now, after each election since 1971, and district results 2016-2024
Current seats
Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.
Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.
District map
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Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).
Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.
Seats after each election, 1971-2019
Seats by election, table
| Year | D | R | Other | Seats | Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 2015 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 | Republican majority |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 40 | Tied |
| 2007 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 2003 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 40 | Republican majority |
| 1999 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 | Republican majority |
| 1995 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 | Republican majority |
| 1991 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 1987 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 1983 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 1979 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 1975 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
| 1973 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 40 | Democratic majority (no regular election) |
| 1971 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 40 | Democratic majority |
Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.
District results, 2016-2024
The candidate with the most votes in each contest.
2016: 2 contests
Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).
| District | Most votes | Party | Share | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Montgomery Mason | not in source | 58.1% | seats not in source |
| 5 | LIONELL SPRUILL Sr. | not in source | 96.2% | seats not in source |
Not available: 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018.
MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.
Sources
Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).
Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).
District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).
District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.
Data through November 3, 2026.