This date was January 4, 1977, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Republican Governor Pete du Pont from New Castle County and the first year for Republican Lieutenant Governor James D. McGinnis from Kent County.

It resulted in a large numbers of membership numbers in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.

[citation needed] In the 129th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.