Constituency

Definitions

1. A district represented by one or more elected officials.
2. The voters within such a district.
   collective
3. The residents of such a district.
   collective
4. The voters of a candidate.
   collective
5. An interest group or fan base.

Equivalents

Examples

“John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.”

“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.”

“This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last⟳ year, which is thought to have⟳ been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".”

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