Meaning

5 senses
  1. A district represented by one or more elected officials.

    John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.

    Wahlkreis

    избира́тельный о́кругizbirátelʹnyj ókrug

    вибо́рчий о́кругvybórčyj ókruh

  2. (collective)The voters within an electoral district.

  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.

More definitions
  • the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

Examples

6 sentences
  1. A by-election will be held in this constituency in a month's time.

    У цьому виборчому окрузі за місяць будуть проведені довибори. — deniko

    deIn einem Monat finden in diesem Wahlbezirk Nachwahlen statt. — PeterR

  2. Algeria is divided into electoral constituencies.

  3. The strong sentiments the candidate voiced only served to polarize his constituency.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · peterius · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. There's a deception inherent to any politician's claim to represent a constituency.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. It should be added that his remarks had no direct influence on the constituency.

    ruСледует добавить, что его реплики не имели прямого влияния на электорат. — shanghainese

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
district represented by one or more elected officials:
Русский
By meaning 1
district represented by one or more elected officials:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
district represented by one or more elected officials:

Origin

From constituent + -ency.

From constituent + -ency.

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