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Virginia > Title 24.2 Elections > Federal, Commonwealth, And Local Officers Article 4: General Assembly

§ 24.2-215 Election and term of members of the House of Delegates

Statute

The members of the House of Delegates shall be elected at the general election in November 1995, and every two years thereafter for terms of two years, to begin on the second Wednesday in January succeeding their election.

Code 1950, § 24-11; 1958, c. 333; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-11; 1993, c. 641 .

Definition [General election]

An election held in the Commonwealth on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November or on the first Tuesday in May for the purpose of filling offices regularly scheduled by law to be filled at those times.

See § 24.2-101.

Definition [Election]

A general, primary, or special election.

See § 24.2-101.