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Constituency

A district represented by one or more elected officials.

📖 Definitions of "Constituency"

noun

1
A district represented by one or more elected officials.
"John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency."
2
(collective) The voters within such a district.
3
(collective) The residents of such a district.
4
(collective) The voters of a candidate.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Constituency"

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Word	Definition
electornoun	(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
electionnoun	A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
electoral	Of, or relating to elections.
voternoun	Someone who votes.
regionnoun	Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
domainnoun	A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
districtnoun	An administrative division of an area.
jurisdictionnoun	The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
shirenoun	(British) (chiefly historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.
clientelenoun	The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.
electoratenoun	The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
communitynoun	(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
collegenoun	(chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
precinctnoun	(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
groupnoun	A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
exchangenoun	An act of exchanging or trading.
subsectornoun	A sector (section, zone) of a larger sector.
collectivenoun	(by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
constituentnoun	A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
sectoral	Of or pertaining to a sector (all senses).