Section 41. Number and election of senators

Senate

The Senate shall consist of not more than forty and not less than thirty-three members, who shall be elected quadrennially by the voters of the several senatorial districts on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November.

The Senate shall consist of not more than forty and not less than thirty-three members, who shall be elected quadrennially by the voters of the several senatorial districts, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November.

From and after the same date, the senate shall consist of not less than thirty-three nor more than forty members. They shall be elected for the term of four years — for the election of whom, the counties, cities, and towns shall be divided into districts. Each county, city, and town of the respective districts shall, at the time of the first election of its delegate or delegates under this amendment, vote for one or more senators. The senators first elected under this amendment, in districts bearing odd numbers, shall vacate their offices at the end of two years; and those elected in districts bearing even numbers, at the end of four years; and vacancies occurring by expiration of term shall be filled by the election of senators for the full term.

The Senators shall be elected for the term of four years, for the election of whom the counties, cities, and towns shall be divided into not more than forty (40) districts. Each county, city and town of the respective districts, at the time of the first election of its delegate or delegates under this Constitution, shall vote for one or more senators. The senators first elected, under this Constitution, in districts bearing odd numbers, shall vacate their offices at the end of two years, and those elected in districts bearing even numbers at the end of four years; and vacancies occurring by expiration of term shall be filled by the election of senators for the full term.
The following shall constitute the senatorial districts:
Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun shall form the first district, and be entitled to two senators.
Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Prince William shall form the second district and be entitled to one senator.
Orange, Culpeper and Madison shall form the third district and be entitled to one senator.
Stafford, Spotsylvania and Louisa shall form the fourth district and be entitled to one senator.
Fluvanna, Goochland and Powhatan shall form the fifth district and be entitled to one senator.
Albemarle and Green shall form the sixth district and be entitled to one senator.
Buckingham and Appomattox shall form the seventh district, and be entitled to one senator.
Nelson and Amherst shall form the eighth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Franklin and Henry shall form the ninth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Pittsylvania shall form the tenth district and be entitled to one senator.
Campbell shall form the eleventh district, and be entitled to one senator.
Bedford shall form the twelfth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Halifax shall form the thirteenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Charlotte and Prince Edward shall form the fourteenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Mecklenburg shall form the fifteenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
King George, Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland and Lancaster shall form the sixteenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Caroline, Essex and King William shall form the seventeenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Gloucester, Middlesex, Mathews and King and Queen shall form the eighteenth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Richmond City and Henrico shall form the nineteenth district, and be entitled to three senators.
Norfolk City, and Princess Anne county shall form the twentieth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Norfolk county and the city of Portsmouth shall form the twenty-first district, and be entitled to one senator.
Nansemond, Southampton and Isle of Wight shall form the twenty-second district, and be entitled to one senator.
Greensville, Dinwiddie and Sussex shall form the twenty-third district and be entitled to one senator.
Surry, York, Warwick and Elizabeth City shall form the twenty-fourth district and be entitled to one senator.
Brunswick,and Lunenburg shall form the twenty-fifth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Chesterfield and Prince George shall form the twenty-sixth district, and be entitled to one senator.
The City of Petersburg shall form the twenty-seventh district, and be entitled to one senator.
Accomack and Northampton shall form the twenty-eighth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Hanover, New Kent, Charles City and James City shall form the twenty-ninth district and be entitled to one senator.
Cumberland, Amelia and Nottoway shall form the thirtieth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Frederick, Clarke and Shenandoah shall form the thirty-first district, and be entitled to one senator.
Page, Warren and Rockingham shall form the thirty-second district, and be entitled to one senator.
Highland and Augusta shall form the thirty-third district, and be entitled to one senator.
Rockbridge, Bath and Alleghany shall form the thirty-fourth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Botetourt, Roanoke, Craig and Giles shall form the thirty-fifth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Montgomery, Floyd and Patrick shall form the thirty-sixth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Grayson, Carroll and Wythe shall form the thirty-seventh district, and be entitled to one senator.
Pulaski, Bland, Tazewell and Russell shall form the thirty-eighth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Lee, Scott, Wise and Buchanan shall form the thirty-ninth district, and be entitled to one senator.
Washington and Smyth shall form the fortieth district, and be entitled to one senator.

The Senators shall be elected for the term of four years, for the election of whom the counties, Cities and towns shall be divided into thirty-four (34) districts.
Each county, City and town of the respective districts at the time of the first election of its Delegate or Delegates under this Constitution, shall vote for one Senator, and the Sheriffs or other officers holding the election for each county, city or town within ten days at the farthest after the last election in the district, and from the polls so taken in their respective counties, cities and towns, return as Senator the person who has received the greatest number of votes in the whole district.
For the Election of Senators.
I. The counties of Accomac and Northampton shall form one district.
II. The city of Norfolk shall be another district.
III. The counties of Norfolk and Princess Anne shall form another district.
IV. The counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Surry and Southampton shall form another district.
V. The counties of Sussex, Prince George and Dinwiddie shall form another district.
VI. The counties of Louisa, Henrico and Hanover shall form another district.
VII. The counties of Matthews, Gloucester, Middlesex, King and Queen, King William and Essex shall form another district.
VIII. The counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, Caroline and King George shall form another district.
IX. The counties of James City, Charles City, New Kent, York, Elizabeth City, Warwick and City of Williamsburg shall form another district.
X. The city of Richmond shall be another district.
XI. The counties of Chesterfield, Amelia, Prince Edward, Cumberland and Powhatan shall form another district.
XII. The counties of Buckingham, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Goochland shall form another district.
XIII. The counties of Spottsylvania, Stafford, Orange and Prince William shall form another district.
XIV. The counties of Alexandria and Fairfax shall form another district.
XV. The counties of Frederick, Clarke and Warren shall form another district.
XVI. The county of Loudoun shall be another district.
XVII. The counties of Rappahannock, Fauquier, Madison and Culpepper shall form another district.
XVIII. The counties of Shenandoah and Page shall form another district.
XIX. The counties of Rockingham and Greene shall form another district.
XX. The county of Augusta shall be another district.
XXI. The counties of Rockbridge and Nelson shall form another district.
XXII. The counties of Allegheny, Bath, Highland and Bottetourt shall form another district.
XXIII. The counties of Appomattox, Campbell and Charlotte shall form another district.
XXIV. The counties of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Brunswick and Greenville shall form another district.
XXV. The counties of Pittsylvania and Halifax shall form another district.
XXVI. The counties of Amherst and Bedford shall form another district.
XXVII. The counties of Henry and Franklin shall form another district.
XXVIII. The counties of Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke and Craig shall form another district.
XXIX. The counties of Carroll, Floyd and Patrick shall form another district.
XXX. The counties of Wythe, Grayson, Pulaski and Bland shall form another district.
XXXI. The counties of Washington and Smyth shall form another district.
XXXII. The counties of Buchanan, Russell and Tazewell shall form another district.
XXXIII. The counties of Scott, Lee and Wise shall form another district.
XXXIV. The counties of Berkeley and Jefferson shall form another district.