Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§2c Number of Congressional Districts; Number of Representatives From Each District
Title 2 › CHAPTER 1 — ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES › § 2c
Summary
If a State is allowed more than one Representative in the Ninety-first Congress or later, the State must make by law the same number of voting districts as it has Representatives. Each Representative must be elected from one of those districts, and no district may pick more than one Representative. The only exception is a State that always elected its Representatives statewide; that State may choose to elect them statewide (at large) for the Ninety-first Congress.
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Title 2, §2c
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In each State entitled in the Ninety-first Congress or in any subsequent Congress thereafter to more than one Representative under an apportionment made pursuant to the provisions of section 2a(a) of this title, there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled, and Representatives shall be elected only from districts so established, no district to elect more than one Representative (except that a State which is entitled to more than one Representative and which has in all previous elections elected its Representatives at Large may elect its Representatives at Large to the Ninety-first Congress).
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2 U.S.C. § 2c
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102