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{{short description|Legislative branch of the state government of Delaware}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name              = Delaware General Assembly
| background_color  = {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}
| coa_pic           = Seal of Delaware.svg
| session_room      = Delaware State Capitol.jpg
| house_type        = [[Bicameralism|Bicameral]]
| houses            = [[Delaware Senate|Senate]] <br>[[Delaware House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| leader1_type      = [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware|Senate President]]
| leader1           = [[Kyle Evans Gay]]
| party1            = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election1         = January 21, 2025
| leader2_type      = Senate President pro tempore
| leader2           = [[David Sokola]]
| party2            = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election2         = November 4, 2020
| leader3           = [[Melissa Minor-Brown]]
| leader3_type      = House Speaker
| party3            = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election3         = January 14, 2025
| members           = 62
| house1            = Senate
| house2            = House of Representatives
|leader7_type=Minority Leader|party7=([[Republican State Committee of Delaware|R]])|election7=2023| structure1        = Delaware Senate 2022.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| structure2        = Delaware House of Representatives Partisan Breakdown.svg
| structure2_res    = 250px
| political_groups1 = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap
| {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Delaware Democratic Party|Democratic]] (15)
| {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Republican State Committee of Delaware|Republican]] (6)
}}
| political_groups2 = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap
| {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Delaware Democratic Party|Democratic]] (26)
| {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Republican State Committee of Delaware|Republican]] (15)
}}
| last_election1    = [[2024 Delaware Senate election|November 5, 2024]]
| last_election2    = [[2024 Delaware House of Representatives election|November 5, 2024]]
| next_election1    = November 3, 2026
| next_election2    = November 3, 2026
| meeting_place = [[Delaware Legislative Hall|Legislative Hall]]<br/>[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
| website       = [http://legis.delaware.gov Delaware General Assembly]
|constitution=[[Constitution of Delaware]]}}
The '''Delaware General Assembly''' is the [[State legislature (United States)|legislature]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Delaware]]. It is a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[legislature]] composed of the [[Delaware Senate]] with 21 senators and the [[Delaware House of Representatives]] with 41 representatives. It meets at [[Delaware Legislative Hall|Legislative Hall]] in [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], convening on the second Tuesday of January of odd-numbered years, with a second session of the same Assembly convening likewise in even-numbered years. Normally the sessions are required to adjourn by the last day of June of the same calendar year. However the [[Governor of Delaware|Governor]] can call a [[special session]] of the legislature at any time.

Members are elected from [[single-member district]]s, all apportioned to roughly equal populations after each decennial [[United States Census|Census]]. Elections are held on the [[Election Day (United States)|Tuesday after the first Monday]] in November and approximately half of the Senate is elected every two years to a four-year term, and the entire House of Representatives is elected every two years to a two-year term. Vacancies are filled through special elections. There are no [[term limits]] for either chamber.

With 62 seats, the Delaware General Assembly is the second-smallest bicameral [[List of United States state legislatures| state legislature in the United States]] – ahead of [[Alaska Legislature|Alaska]] (60 seats) and behind [[Nevada State Legislature|Nevada]] (63).