United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia

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United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia are the congressional constituencies that divide the state of Virginia for the purpose of electing its members to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional district system ⓘ
electoral district grouping ⓘ
appliesToChamber lower house of the United States Congress ⓘ
appliesToElectorate eligible voters residing in Virginia ⓘ
composedOf Virginia's 10th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 11th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 4th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 7th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 8th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 9th congressional district ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member districts ⓘ
elects United States representatives from Virginia ⓘ
governedBy Virginia state law on redistricting ⓘ
federal law on congressional apportionment ⓘ
hasBoundaryType geographically contiguous districts ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
hasLanguage English ⓘ
higherLevelUnit state of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
historicalPrecursor at-large congressional representation for Virginia ⓘ
legislativeBodyRepresented United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
lowerLevelUnits counties ⓘ
independent cities of Virginia ⓘ
precincts ⓘ
mapsProducedBy Virginia Division of Legislative Services ⓘ
numberOfDistricts 11 ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives districts ⓘ
redistrictedEvery 10 years ⓘ
redistrictingBasis United States census ⓘ
relatedTo United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
gerrymandering in the United States ⓘ
redistricting in the United States ⓘ
representationLevel federal ⓘ
startDateOfCurrentNumber 1993 ⓘ
subdivisionOf federal electoral districts in the United States ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by Virginia courts ⓘ
judicial review by federal courts ⓘ
usedFor election of members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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VA-11 → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia ⓘ
Virginia's 7th congressional district → partOf → United States House districts in Virginia ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia
United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia