constituency

constituency (plural constituencies)

1. (Britain) A district represented by one or more elected officials.

   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:

     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.

2. The voters within such a district.
3. The residents of such a district.
4. The voters of a candidate.
5. An interest group or fan base.

• (district): electoral district, riding (Canada)
• (people): electorate

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• Constituency in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)