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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2011 was held on Tuesday, November 8. Before the election, the House of Delegates consisted of 58 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 Independents, with one vacant seat previously held by a Republican (Glenn Oder of the 94th district, who resigned in August 2011). Redistricting eliminated three seats: Southwestern Virginia's 2nd district, the Martinsville-area 10th district, and the Norfolk-based 87th district. These three seats were moved to Northern Virginia. Republicans gained seven seats from the Democrats and one seat from a retiring independent, making the House's composition 67 Republicans, 32 Democrats, and 1 Independent.
Thirteen incumbents chose not to seek another term in the House: Bud Phillips (D-2), Bill Carrico (R-5), Dave Nutter (R-7), Jim Shuler (D-12), Bill Cleaveland (R-17), Clay Athey (R-18), Adam Ebbin (D-49), Bill Janis (R-56), Watkins Abbitt, Jr. (I-59), Paula Miller (D-87), Glenn Oder (R-94), Harvey Morgan (R-98), and Albert C. Pollard (R-99).
Three Delegates retired in order to seek State Senate seats: Bill Carrico (R-5) opted to run for the open 40th district seat, Dave Nutter (R-7) decided to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator John Edwards in the 21st district, and Adam Ebbin (D-49) chose to run for the open 30th district seat. Del. Ward Armstrong (D-10) decided to challenge Republican Del. Charles Poindexter in the 9th district rather than retire.

## Results
### Overview

| 67 | 32 | 1 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Parties | Parties | Candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Parties | Parties | Candidates | 2009 | 2011 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change |
| | Republican | | 59 | 67 | 8 | 67.00% | 762,993 | 59.84% | |
| | Democratic | | 39 | 32 | 7 | 32.00% | 438,174 | 34.37% | |
| | Independent | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00% | 37,956 | 2.98% | |
| | Libertarian | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 7,623 | 0.60% | |
| | Independent Greens | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 3,555 | 0.28% | |
| - | Write-ins | | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 24,715 | 1.94% | |
| Total | Total | | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,275,016 | 100.00% | - |

## Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Ballotpedia | Safe R | October 31, 2011 |

## By House of Delegates district

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic Party, R - Republican Party, L - Libertarian Party, IG - Independent Green Party, I - Independent.
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | 2011 Result |
| 2nd | Bud Phillips | Democratic | 1989 | Retired (District eliminated); Republican pickup | Mark Dudenhefer (R) 56.0% Esteban Garces (D) 43.8% |
| 3rd | Will Morefield | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | Will Morefield (R) 59.7% Vern Presley (D) 40.3% |
| 5th | Bill Carrico | Republican | 2001 | Elected to State Senate; Republican hold | Israel O'Quinn (R) 69.3% Michael Osborne (I) 30.4% |
| 9th | Charles Poindexter | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Charles Poindexter (R) 52.7% Ward Armstrong (D) 47.2% |
| 10th | Ward Armstrong | Democratic | 1991 | Ran in 9th District (District eliminated); Republican pickup | Randy Minchew (R) 58.4% David Butler (D) 41.6% |
| 12th | Jim Shuler | Democratic | 1993 | Retired; Republican pickup | Joseph Yost (R) 51.6% Don Langrehr (D) 48.3% |
| 13th | Bob Marshall | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Bob Marshall (R) 59.6% Carl Genthner (D) 40.3% |
| 17th | Bill Cleaveland | Republican | 2009 | Retired; Republican hold | Chris Head (R) 65.5% Freeda Cathcart (D) 34.3% |
| 18th | Clay Athey | Republican | 2001 | Retired; Republican hold | Michael Webert (R) 69.4% Bob Zwick (D) 30.4% |
| 19th | Lacey E. Putney | Independent | 1961 | Reelected | Lacey E. Putney (I) 41.6% Jerry Johnson (R) 31.7% Lewis Medlin (D) 26.6% |
| 20th | Dickie Bell | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | Dickie Bell (R) 71.1% Laura Kleiner (D) 28.8% |
| 21st | Ron Villanueva | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | Ron Villanueva (R) 57.3% Adrianne Bennett (D) 42.5% |
| 31st | Scott Lingamfelter | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Scott Lingamfelter (R) 58.6% Roy Coffey (D) 41.2% |
| 34th | Barbara Comstock | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | Barbara Comstock (R) 54.8% Pam Danner (D) 45.1% |
| 36th | Kenneth R. Plum | Democratic | 1981 | Reelected | Kenneth R. Plum (D) 64.1% Mac Cannon (R) 35.9% |
| 37th | David Bulova | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | David Bulova (D) 58.3% Brian Schoeneman (R) 41.7% |
| 38th | Kaye Kory | Democratic | 2009 | Reelected | Kaye Kory (D) 77.1% James Leslie (IG) 22.8% |
| 39th | Vivian E. Watts | Democratic | 1995 | Reelected | Vivian E. Watts (D) 76.5% Dimitri Kolazas (I) 23.1% |
| 40th | Tim Hugo | Republican | 2002 | Reelected | Tim Hugo (R) 74.1% Dianne Blais (I) 25.7% |
| 41st | Eileen Filler-Corn | Democratic | 2010 | Reelected | Eileen Filler-Corn (D) 68.3% Michael Kane (L) 31.5% |
| 42nd | Dave Albo | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Dave Albo (R) 62.1% Jack Dobbyn (D) 37.8% |
| 44th | Scott Surovell | Democratic | 2009 | Reelected | Scott Surovell (D) 59.4% John Barsa (R) 39.1% Joseph Glean (I) 1.5% |
| 48th | Bob Brink | Democratic | 1997 | Reelected | Bob Brink (D) 68.4% Kathleen Mallard (I) 24.3% Janet Murphy (IG) 6.9% |
| 52nd | Luke Torian | Democratic | 2009 | Reelected | Luke Torian (D) 60.6% Cleveland Anderson (R) 39.1% |
| 54th | Bobby Orrock | Republican | 1989 | Reelected | Bobby Orrock (R) 73.2% Matthew David Simpson (I) 25.0% |
| 57th | David Toscano | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | David Toscano (D) 80.4% Robert Smith (I) 19.1% |
| 59th | Watkins Abbitt, Jr. | Independent | 1985 | Retired; Republican pickup | Matt Fariss (R) 53.0% Connie Brennan (D) 41.2% Linda Wall (I) 5.6% |
| 64th | Bill Barlow | Democratic | 1991 | Defeated | Richard Morris (R) 55.2% Bill Barlow (D) 44.6% |
| 67th | James LeMunyon | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | James LeMunyon (R) 59.2% Eric Clingan (D) 40.7% |
| 74th | Joe Morrissey | Democratic | 2007 | Reelected | Joe Morrissey (D) 72.9% Dwayne Whitehead (I) 26.8% |
| 75th | Roslyn Tyler | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | Roslyn Tyler (D) 65.9% Al Peschke (R) 33.8% |
| 87th | Paula Miller | Democratic | 2004 | Retired (District eliminated); Republican pickup | David Ramadan (R) 49.9% Mike Kondratick (D) 49.5% |
| 93rd | Robin Abbott | Democratic | 2009 | Defeated | Michael Watson (R) 51.7% Robin Abbott (D) 48.1% |
| 94th | vacant | | | | David Yancey (R) 59.9% Gary West (D) 39.9% |
| 95th | Mamye BaCote | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Mamye BaCote (D) 76.7% Glenn McGuire (L) 22.7% |
| 98th | Harvey Morgan | Republican | 1979 | Retired; Republican hold | Keith Hodges (R) 78.3% Andrew Shoukas (D) 21.4% |
| 99th | Albert C. Pollard | Democratic | 2008 | Retired; Republican pickup | Margaret Ransone (R) 69.1% Nicholas Smith (D) 30.7% |

### Seats that changed hands

Democratic to Republican (7)
* 2nd district
* 10th district
* 12th district
* 20th district
* 64th district
* 93rd district
* 99th district
Independent to Republican (1)
* 59th district