The purpose of this project is to create a database with shapefiles of Virginia voting precinct boundaries for all primary and general elections from 2009-2020.

Voting district (VTD) shapefiles from the US Census Bureau were used as a starting point to create these maps. Data was then collected for all precinct changes between each election to make a shapefile for every year. This information was obtained from county and city GIS data and Codes of Ordinances, precinct and district-level voter registration statistics, and election results and turnout data from the Virginia Department of Elections.

All maps were created using QGIS.
Encoding: EPSG 4326.

Please see the Virginia Voting Precincts Wiki for more information and a full list of sources.

Table of Contents

1. Shapefiles

   File naming convention
   Years and Elections available

2. Attributes

   Shapefile attributes
   Split precinct map attributes

3. Full index of files

   Files by year
   Files by type

4. Sources

Shapefiles

File naming convention

(YYYY = year, mon = month).
va_precincts_YYYY_nov_general - Precinct boundaries for the November General Election.
va_precincts_YYYY_jun_primary - Precinct boundaries for the June Primary Election.
va_precincts_YYYY_mon_split_by_CD - Displays precincts split by Congressional district boundaries as separate features.
va_precincts_YYYY_mon__split_by_SD - Displays precincts split by Senate of Virginia district boundaries as separate features.
va_precincts_YYYY_mon__split_by_HD - Displays precincts split by Virginia House of Delegates district boundaries as separate features.

Years and Elections available

View repository on Github

• 2019-2020 - November General, clipped shoreline, split by CD, split by SD, split by HD
• 2018 - November General, June Primary, split by CD
• 2017 - November General, split by CD, split by HD
• 2016 - November General, split by CD
• 2015 - November General, split by SD, split by HD
• 2014 - November General, split by CD
• 2013 - November General, split by CD, split by HD
• 2012 - November General, split by CD
• 2011 - November General, split by SD, split by HD
• 2009-2010 - November General, split by CD, split by HD

Attributes

Shapefile attributes

precinctID - Corresponds to the VTDID for VTDs in US Census Bureau files.
precinctCo - Precinct code. Corresponds to the VTDST in US Census Bureau files.
precinct - Precinct name.
localityCo - Locality code. Corresponds to the COUNTYFP in US Census Bureau files.
locality - Name of the locality (county or independent city).
congDist - Congressional district current for the map year.
senateDist - Senate of Virginia district current for the map year.
hodDist - House of Delegates district current for the map year.
actVoters - Number of active registered voters in the precinct and district.
precUid - PrecinctUid given in the .csv files of Election Results from the VA Dept. of Elections.
localUid - LocalityUid given in the .csv files of Election Results from the VA Dept. of Elections.
changeDate - Date of last known change to the precinct boundaries, name or number.
lastChange - Last known change to the precinct boundaries, name or number.

Split precinct map attributes

distSplits - District splits within the precinct.
cdPrecinct - PrecinctID prefixed by Congressional district number.
sdPrecinct - PrecinctID prefixed by Senate of Virginia district number.
hdPrecinct - PrecinctID prefixed by House of Delegates district number.

Full Index of Files

View repository on Github

Files by Year

Virginia voting precincts: 2019-2020

va_precincts_2019_2020
va_precincts_2019_clipped_shore
va_precincts_2020_split_by_CD
va_precincts_2019_split_by_SD
va_precincts_2019_split_by_HD

Virginia voting precincts: 2018

va_precincts_2018_nov_general
va_precincts_2018_nov_split_by_CD
va_precincts_2018_jun_primary (coming soon)

Virginia voting precincts: 2017

va_precincts_2017_nov_general
va_precincts_2017_nov_split_by_CD
va_precincts_2017_nov_split_by_HD

Virginia voting precincts: 2016

va_precincts_2016_nov_general
va_precincts_2016_nov_split_by_CD

Virginia voting precincts: 2015

va_precincts_2015_nov_general
va_precincts_2015_nov_split_by_HD
va_precincts_2015_nov_split_by_SD

Virginia voting precincts: 2014

va_precincts_2014_nov_general
va_precincts_2014_nov_split_by_CD

Virginia voting precincts: 2013

va_precincts_2013_nov_general
va_precincts_2013_nov_split_by_CD
va_precincts_2013_nov_split_by_HD

Virginia voting precincts: 2012

va_precincts_2012_nov_general
va_precincts_2012_nov_split_by_CD

Virginia voting precincts: 2011 (coming soon)

va_precincts_2011_nov_general
va_precincts_2011_nov_split_by_HD
va_precincts_2011_nov_split_by_SD

Virginia voting precincts: 2009-2010 (coming soon)

va_precincts_2009_2010
va_precincts_2009_2010_split_by_CD
va_precincts_2009_2010_split_by_HD

Virginia magisterial districts: 2011-2020

va_magisterial_districts_2011_2020

Files by Type

November General Election precincts

2019-2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009-2010

June Primary Election precincts

2019-2020, 2018

Precincts split by Congressional District

2019-2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009-2010

Precincts split by VA Senate District

2019-2020, 2015, 2011

Precincts split by VA House of Delegates District

2019-2020, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009-2010

Sources

Full list of sources