Article VII
Section 9. The State shall be divided into six Supreme Court Districts, and the Supreme Court, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall always be composed of Justices from said Districts.
The parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Jefferson shall compose the First District, from which two justices shall be elected.
The parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River, De Soto, Winn, Vernon and Sabine shall compose the Second District, from which one justice shall be elected.
The parishes of Rapides, Grant, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Evangeline, Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Calcasieu, Cameron and Acadia shall compose the Third District, from which one justice shall be elected.
The parishes of Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland, Franklin, West Carroll, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia, La Salle, and Catahoula shall compose the Fourth District, from which one justice shall be elected.
The parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, Washington, Iberville, Pointe Coupee and St. Landry shall compose the Fifth District, from which one justice shall be elected.
The parishes of St. Martin, St. Mary, Iberia, Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, Ascension, St. John the Baptist, St. James, St. Charles and Vermilion shall compose the Sixth District, from which one justice shall be elected.
