constituency
English
Etymology
constituent + -ency
Noun
constituency (plural constituencies)
- (UK politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
- Synonyms: electoral district, precinct, (Canada) riding
- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- (collective) The voters within such a district.
- Synonym: electorate
- (collective) The residents of such a district.
- (collective) The voters of a candidate.
- An interest group or fan base.
Related terms
Translations
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- Burmese: မဲဆန္ဒနယ် (my) (mai:hcanda.nai)
- Catalan: circumscripció (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Danish: valgkreds
- Dutch: kiesdistrict (nl)
- Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
- French: circonscription électorale f, circonscription (fr) f
- Georgian: საარჩევნო ოლქი (saarčevno olki)
- German: Wahlkreis (de) m
- Greek: εκλογική περιφέρεια f (eklogikí periféreia)
- Hindi: निर्वाचन क्षेत्र m (nirvācan kṣetra), चुनाव क्षेत्र m (cunāv kṣetra)
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- Hungarian: választókerület (hu)
- Italian: circoscrizione (it) f
- Japanese: 選挙区 (せんきょく, senkyoku)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: valgkrets m, valgdistrikt n
- Portuguese: círculo eleitoral m, distrito eleitoral m
- Romanian: circumscripție electorală f
- Russian: избира́тельный о́круг m (izbirátelʹnyj ókrug)
- Spanish: circunscripción (es)
- Swedish: valkrets (sv) c
voters within such a district — see electorate
Further reading
- constituency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Template:projectlink