constituency

English

Etymology

    From constituent + -ency.

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    Noun

    constituency (plural constituencies)

    1. (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
      Synonyms: (Australia) division, electoral district, (New Zealand) electorate, 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 Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2016:
        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.
      • 2023 May 31, “Network News: Micro-management prompted Gibb to quit ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 984, page 25:
        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".
      • 2024 July 5, “Labour seizes Cumbria winning five of six seats”, in BBC News‎[2], archived from the original on 15 July 2024, retrieved 2 September 2026:
        The Tories picked off all of the party’s Cumbrian constituencies between 2010 and 2019.
    2. (collective) The voters within an electoral district.
      Synonym: electorate
    3. (collective) The residents of an electoral district.
    4. (collective) The voters of a candidate.
      people outside his usual constituency of young married couples
    5. (collective) An interest group or fan base.

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