United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia

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congressional district system electoral district grouping

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States House districts in Virginia	1
United States House of Representatives districts	1
United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia canonical	1

Statements (45)

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	Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ surface form: United States representatives from Virginia
governedBy	Virginia state law on redistricting ⓘ federal law on congressional apportionment ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	geographically contiguous districts ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
higherLevelUnit	Virginia ⓘ surface form: state of 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 in Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States House of Representatives districts
redistrictedEvery	10 years ⓘ
redistrictingBasis	decennial United States Census ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VA-11 → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia ⓘ

Virginia's 7th congressional district → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States House districts in Virginia

United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia → partOf → United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives districts