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constituency

UK/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/US/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,999 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: constituencies

A constituency is the area one representative is elected to speak for. A marginal constituency, the constituency office, my constituency.

How the boundaries are drawn decides outcomes, which is why redrawing them is fought over and why gerrymandering has a name. A safe constituency rarely changes hands and a marginal one decides elections. It also means a body of supporters. Note constituent, from the Latin for standing together.

Definitions of constituency

  1. 1nounconstituencyThe area one representative is elected to speak for.C1

    “The MP holds regular meetings with people in her constituency.”

constituency is an electoral area.

Where it comes from

From constituent + -ency.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Politics & Society

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constituency in the wild

  • Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency.

    List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

  • Nagar, is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

    Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency

  • Perambur Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency.

    Perambur Assembly constituency

  • Egmore Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

    Egmore Assembly constituency

  • Thousand Lights is a constituency of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

    Thousand Lights Assembly constituency

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.