Virginia is currently divided into 11 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. Current districts and representatives List of members of the United States House delegation from Virginia, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 11 members, with 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans since the 2022 midterm elections and the special election of 2023. The death of Rep. Donald McEachin on November 28, 2022, left the 4th congressional district seat empty. Following the results of a special election to fill his seat on February 21, 2023, Jennifer McClellan made history by becoming Virginia's first black congresswoman-elect. Historical background Apportionment The apportionment of seats for the House of Representatives between the states is determined following each census. The number of seats to which Virginia has been entitled is as follows: List of former and current districts Current districts , pop. 805,159 , pop. 741,551 , pop. 739,840 , pop. 771,899 , pop. 727,064 , pop. 752,763 , pop. 790,084 , pop. 801,609 , pop. 711,755 , pop. 850,118 , pop. 778,215 Former districts , obsolete since the 1860 census , obsolete since the 1860 census , obsolete since the 1850 census , obsolete since the 1850 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1840 census , obsolete since the 1830 census , obsolete since the 1820 census , obsolete since 1935District boundaries 1973-2017 Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Virginia, are presented chronologically below for the most recent iterations following the redistricting of the 1960s, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional and state legislative districts had to satisfy the one man, one vote criteria for equal representation. The state legislature had long delayed redistricting, leading to outsize influence by rural districts and under-representation of urban areas. All redistricting events that took place in Virginia between 1973 and 2013 are shown. Gerrymandering Virginia pre-2016 congressional districts were ranked the 5th worst in the country by one analysis because counties and cities were broken into multiple pieces to create heavily partisan districts. Virginia's congressional districts did not meet the "competitive" mark of a 5% margin of victory,