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How to pronounce constituency in English?

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Type of body

Examples of constituency

constituency
Integral to any shrinking of the Commons is a redrawing of constituency borders.
From the economist.com
For that constituency, the time has arrived to run with that sense of discovery.
From the kentucky.com
Today, Tia Chucha's attracts a slightly different constituency than in the past.
From the latimes.com
He's not spouting lines to mobilize a constituency to win a caucus or a primary.
From the time.com
He believes that in 2007, his constituency assumed he'd keep getting re-elected.
From the democratandchronicle.com
He's got his own political constituency, which he feels is a restraining factor.
From the newsweek.com
Constituency groups have been promised certain levels of discretionary spending.
From the theatlantic.com
Their less-affluent constituency traditionally goes to the polls at lower rates.
From the heraldtribune.com
Exactly what constituency, other than Penn graduates, does he hope to appeal to?
From the thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
More examples
  • The body of voters who elect a representative for their area
  • A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves. ...
  • Constituency is used as a term for an administrative division in Namibia and the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
  • France is divided into 577 circonscriptions or constituencies for legislative elections. Deputies are elected in a two round system to a term that is for a maximum of five years. The last redistricting took place in 1986.
  • In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.
  • (Constituencies (Sweden)) The electoral system in Sweden is proportional. Of the 349 seats in the national diet, the unicameral Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats (valkretsmandat) allocated to constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency ( ...
  • (Constituencies (Welsh Assembly)) National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions were first used for the 1999 elections. New boundaries came into use for the 2007 elections. The total numbers of constituencies and regions (40 constituencies and five regions) remained the same.
  • A district represented by one or more elected officials; The voters within such a district; An interest group or fan base
  • The area of voters that a politician represents