A member of the General Assembly shall be elected by the registered voters of the legislative or delegate district from which he seeks election, to serve for a term of four years beginning on the second Wednesday of January following his election.

Acts 1956, c. 99, ratified Nov. 6, 1956; Acts 1969, c. 785, ratified Nov. 3, 1970; Acts 1977, c. 681, ratified Nov. 7, 1978.