This date was January 5, 1987, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Republican Governor Mike Castle from New Castle County and the third year for Democratic Lieutenant Governor S. B.

Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1980 census.

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.

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.