INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana General Assembly has approved the new congressional and state legislative district lines, concluding the General Assembly’s constitutional duty of redistricting. Indiana is required by state and federal law to redraw Indiana’s Statehouse and congressional maps following the national census every 10 years.
State officials believe the new maps meet all state and federal requirements and focus on maintaining compactness and keeping communities of interest together.
Highlights of the newly passed Indiana House, Senate, and congressional maps:
• The Indiana House map increases the number of counties that are wholly contained within one House district from 26 to 32. There are 22 fewer township splits where a single township is represented by multiple House districts. The House map includes a less than 1% deviation from the ideal population of 67,855 for each district.
• The Senate map increases the number of whole counties contained in one Senate district from 49 to 65, keeps 96% of all townships whole and keeps 92% of all cities and towns whole.
• The Congressional map keeps 84 of Indiana’s 92 counties whole and includes a near equal deviation, one or fewer persons, from the ideal population of 753,948.
Click here to view the approved Senate district map and congressional district map. Click here to view the approved Indiana House district map.
House Enrolled Act 1581 now moves to Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk for consideration. If signed into law, these are the districts candidates will run in for the 2022 election.
(Indiana General Assembly press release)
