constituency

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Noun

constituency (plural constituencies)

1. A district represented by one or more elected officials.

   John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.

   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, Guardian:

     The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.

2. The voters within such a district.
3. An interest group or fan base.

Synonyms

• (district): electoral district, riding (Canada)
• (people): electorate

Related terms

• constitute
• constituent
• constitution
• constitutional
• constitutive

Translations

district represented by one or more elected officials

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選區 (cmn), 选区 (cmn) (xuǎnqū)

• Danish: valgkreds (da)
• Dutch: kiesdistrict (nl)
• Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
• French: circonscription électorale (fr) f, circonscription (fr) f
• German: Wahlkreis (de) m

• Greek: εκλογική περιφέρεια (el) (eklogikí̱ periféreia) f
• Japanese: 選挙区 (ja) (せんきょく, senkyoku)
• Norwegian: valgkrets (no)
• Portuguese: círculo eleitoral (pt) m, distrito eleitoral (pt) m
• Russian: избирательный округ (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj ókrug) m
• Swedish: valkrets (sv)

voters within such a district — see electorate