United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey

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The United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey are the congressional constituencies that divide the state into geographic areas, each electing one member to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional district system ⓘ
electoral district grouping ⓘ
appliesTo United States congressional elections in New Jersey ⓘ
federal elections ⓘ
apportionmentAuthority United States Congress ⓘ
category Congressional districts of New Jersey ⓘ
composedOf New Jersey's 10th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 11th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 12th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 1st congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 4th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 5th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 6th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 7th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 8th congressional district ⓘ
New Jersey's 9th congressional district ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType state of the United States ⓘ
elects U.S. Representative ⓘ
members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
governedBy New Jersey state redistricting procedures ⓘ
federal law on congressional apportionment ⓘ
hasBoundaryType geographic ⓘ
hasElectorate residents of New Jersey meeting federal voting requirements ⓘ
hasJurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats 12 ⓘ
historicallyHadDifferentNumberOfSeats true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
mapsProducedBy New Jersey Redistricting Commission ⓘ
officeTermLength 2 years ⓘ
officeTermRenewable indefinitely ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives districts ⓘ
United States congressional districts by state ⓘ
redistrictedEvery 10 years ⓘ
redistrictingBasis United States census ⓘ
representationType single-member districts ⓘ
state New Jersey ⓘ
subdivisionOf New Jersey ⓘ
usedFor election of one representative per district ⓘ
usedIn general elections for U.S. House seats from New Jersey ⓘ
primary elections for U.S. House seats from New Jersey ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Essex County, New Jersey → federalDistrict → United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey ⓘ
Monmouth County, New Jersey → federalDistrict → United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey ⓘ
United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
Park Ridge, New Jersey → isPartOf → U.S. Congressional Districts in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
Millstone Township, New Jersey → isPartOf → U.S. congressional districts of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
New Jersey's 8th congressional district → partOf → New Jersey's congressional districts ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district → isPartOf → New Jersey's congressional districts ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
Raritan → federalRepresentation → U.S. House of Representatives New Jersey district (Somerset County area) ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey