Article II, § 2 — Composition of House and Senate; terms of office; districts; election

The House of Representatives shall be composed of 35 members, plus such additional members as shall be provided under Section 2A of this Article, who shall be chosen for 2 years. The Senate shall be composed of 21 members, who shall be chosen for 4 years. This State is hereby divided into 35 Representative Districts. There shall be such additional Representative Districts as shall be provided under Section 2A of this Article. From each Representative District there shall be chosen, by the qualified electors thereof, 1 Representative. This State is also hereby divided into 21 Senatorial Districts, from each of which shall be chosen, by the qualified electors thereof, 1 Senator. In New Castle County there shall be 7 Senatorial Districts, numbered from 1 to 7 inclusive; in Kent County, 7 Senatorial Districts, numbered from 1 to 7 inclusive; and in Sussex County, 7 Senatorial Districts from 1 to 7 inclusive. The Representative Districts in New Castle County are and shall be as follows: The Representative Districts in Sussex County are and shall be as follows: The Senatorial Districts in New Castle County are and shall be as follows: The Senatorial Districts in Kent County are and shall be as follows: The Senatorial Districts in Sussex County are and shall be as follows: The first Senators elected from the Sixth Senatorial Districts of Kent and Sussex Counties shall serve for a 2 year term only, thereafter their successors shall serve for a full 4 year term. All territory which shall hereafter be added to and included within the City of Wilmington shall become part of the Representative Districts in New Castle County, as follows: Whenever by the extension of the limits of the City of Wilmington territory forming part of any Representative or Senatorial District, as hereby established, shall be included within the limits of the city, such Representative or Senatorial District shall thereafter consist of the residue thereof, not so included within the limits. The several Representative and Senatorial Districts in this State shall, except as herein otherwise provided, continue to be bounded, described and defined by the lines of the hundreds, wards, election districts, public roads, railroad and other boundaries herein mentioned, as the same are now established and located.