Congressional district

A congressional district is an electoral constituency which elects a member of a congress. Countries that have congressional districts are Japan, the Philippines, and the United States. The size of a district is based on the number of people who live in that district. A district is often very big if there are few people that live there; a district is often small if it's in a big city because there would are many people living there.

By country
United States

The United States has 435 districts.See Public Law 62-5 of 1911, though Congress has the authority to change that number. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 capped the size of the House at 435. Each district has about 747,000 people living in them.Congressional Apportionment. 2010 Census Briefs U.S. Census.

Related pages
United States House of Representatives

References

Category:Legislatures
Category:Democracy