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A congressional district
Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct region for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body. Not all political systems use separate districts to conduct elections; Politics of Israel and Politics of the Netherlands, for instance, conduct parliamentary elections using a single, nationwide district....
 is an electoral constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 that elects a single member of a congress
Congress

A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries , or independent organizations . The term Congress was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit....
. Countries with congressional districts include the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

Main article: List of Districts of the House of Representatives of Japan
List of Districts of the House of Representatives of Japan

As of 2005, the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts. Currently, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts, and 300 members are elected from single-member districts, for a total of 480....
.


Main article: Legislative districts of the Philippines
Legislative districts of the Philippines

The Legislative districts of the Philippines are the division are the representations of the Philippines' Provinces of the Philippines and Cities of the Philippines in the Philippine Congress....
.


Main article: List of United States congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts

This is a complete list of congressional Electoral district for representation in the United States House of Representatives. The quantity and boundaries of districts are determined after each census, although in some cases states have changed the boundaries more than once per census....
.
There are 435 congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
, with each one representing approximately 600,000 people.






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A congressional district
Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct region for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body. Not all political systems use separate districts to conduct elections; Politics of Israel and Politics of the Netherlands, for instance, conduct parliamentary elections using a single, nationwide district....
 is an electoral constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 that elects a single member of a congress
Congress

A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries , or independent organizations . The term Congress was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit....
. Countries with congressional districts include the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

Japan

Main article: List of Districts of the House of Representatives of Japan
List of Districts of the House of Representatives of Japan

As of 2005, the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts. Currently, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts, and 300 members are elected from single-member districts, for a total of 480....
.


Philippines

Main article: Legislative districts of the Philippines
Legislative districts of the Philippines

The Legislative districts of the Philippines are the division are the representations of the Philippines' Provinces of the Philippines and Cities of the Philippines in the Philippine Congress....
.


United States

Main article: List of United States congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts

This is a complete list of congressional Electoral district for representation in the United States House of Representatives. The quantity and boundaries of districts are determined after each census, although in some cases states have changed the boundaries more than once per census....
.
There are 435 congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
, with each one representing approximately 600,000 people. The Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 within the United States Department of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
 conducts a decennial
Anniversary

An anniversary is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event....
 census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts within each state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
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See also

  • House of Representatives of Japan
    House of Representatives of Japan

    The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for four-year terms....
  • House of Representatives of the Philippines
    House of Representatives of the Philippines

    The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines of the Philippines. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber....
  • United States House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives

    The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....