§ Miss. Code § 23-15-1037Division of state into five congressional districts

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(1) The State of Mississippi is hereby divided into five (5) congressional districts as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT. The First Congressional District shall be composed of the following
counties and portions of counties: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, DeSoto,
Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo,
Union, Webster, Yalobusha; in Grenada County the precincts of Providence, Mt. Nebo, Hardy
and Pea Ridge; in Montgomery County the precincts of North Winona, Lodi, Stewart, Nations
and Poplar Creek; in Oktibbeha County, the precincts of Double Springs, Maben and Sturgis; in
Panola County the precincts of East Sardis, South Curtis, Tocowa, Pope, Courtland, Cole's Point,
North Springport, South Springport, Eureka, Williamson, East Batesville 4, West Batesville 4,
Fern Hill, North Batesville A, East Batesville 5 and West Batesville 5; and in Tallahatchie
County the precincts of Teasdale, Enid, Springhill, Charleston Beat 1, Charleston Beat 2,
Charleston Beat 3, Paynes, Leverette, Cascilla, Murphreesboro and Rosebloom.
SECOND DISTRICT. The Second Congressional District shall be composed of the following
counties and portions of counties: Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Holmes, Humphreys,
Issaquena, Jefferson, Leflore, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tunica, Warren, Washington,
Yazoo; in Attala County the precincts of Northeast, Hesterville, Possomneck, North Central,
McAdams, Newport, Sallis and Southwest; that portion of Grenada County not included in the
First Congressional District; in Hinds County Precincts 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41,
83, 84 and 85, and the precincts of Bolton, Brownsville, Cayuga, Chapel Hill, Cynthia, Edwards,
Learned, Pine Haven, Pocahontas, St. Thomas, Tinnin, Utica 1 and Utica 2; in Leake County the
precincts of Conway, West Carthage, Wiggins, Thomastown and Ofahoma; in Madison County
the precincts of Farmhaven, Canton Precinct 2, Canton Precinct 3, Cameron Street, Canton
Precinct 6, Bear Creek, Gluckstadt, Smith School, Magnolia Heights, Flora, Virlilia, Canton
Precinct 5, Cameron, Couparle, Camden, Sharon, Canton Precinct 1 and Canton Precinct 4; that
portion of Montgomery County not included in the First Congressional District; that portion of
Panola County not included in the First Congressional District; and that portion of Tallahatchie
County not included in the First Congressional District.
THIRD DISTRICT. The Third Congressional District shall be composed of the following
counties and portions of counties: Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba,
Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Smith, Winston; that portion of Attala County not included in
the Second Congressional District; in Jones County the precincts of Northwest High School,
Shady Grove, Sharon, Erata, Glade, Myrick School, Northeast High School, Rustin, Sandersville
Civic Center, Tuckers, Antioch and Landrum; that portion of Leake County not included in the
Second Congressional District; that portion of Madison County not included in the Second
Congressional District; that portion of Oktibbeha County not included in the First Congressional
District; and in Wayne County the precincts of Big Rock, Yellow Creek, Hiwannee, Diamond,
Chaparral, Matherville, Coit and Eucutta.
FOURTH DISTRICT. The Fourth Congressional District shall be composed of the following
counties and portions of counties: Adams, Amite, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson Davis,
Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Simpson, Walthall, Wilkinson; that portion of Hinds County
not included in the Second Congressional District; and that portion of Jones county not included
in the Third Congressional District.
FIFTH DISTRICT. The Fifth Congressional District shall be composed of the following
counties and portions of counties: Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar,
Pearl River, Perry, Stone; and that portion of Wayne County not included in the Third
Congressional District.
(2) The boundaries of the congressional districts described in subsection (1) of this section
shall be the boundaries of the counties and precincts listed in subsection (1) as such boundaries
existed on October 1, 1990.

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