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Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 2011.

State senate districts depicted:[1]

1st Bristol and Plymouth district
1st Essex district
1st Essex and Middlesex district
1st Hampden and Hampshire district
1st Middlesex district
1st Middlesex and Norfolk district
1st Plymouth and Bristol district
1st Suffolk district
1st Suffolk and Middlesex district
1st Worcester district
2nd Bristol and Plymouth district
2nd Essex district
2nd Essex and Middlesex district
2nd Hampden and Hampshire district
2nd Middlesex district
2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district
2nd Plymouth and Bristol district
2nd Suffolk district
2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district
2nd Worcester district
3rd Essex district
3rd Middlesex district
4th Middlesex district
5th Middlesex district
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden district
Bristol and Norfolk district
Cape and Islands district
Hampden district
Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester district
Middlesex and Suffolk district
Middlesex and Worcester district
Norfolk and Plymouth district
Norfolk and Suffolk district
Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex district
Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth district
Plymouth and Barnstable district
Plymouth and Norfolk district
Worcester and Middlesex district
Worcester and Norfolk district

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Middlesex district

Date circa 2011
date QS:P,+2011-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://malegislature.gov/Redistricting/HistoricDistricts/Senate
Author Massachusetts General Court
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