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Meanings of constituency in English

Russian
округ
Portuguese
distrito eleitoral
Spanish
distrito electoral
Catalan
districte electoral

Territorial division made or used for elections.

округ
Russian
избирательный округ во франции
Catalan
circumscripció legislativa francesa
Spanish
circunscripción legislativa francesa

Constituency for the parliamentary elections of deputies in the French National Assembly (or to the Legislative Body during the Second Empire)

избирательный округ во франции
Synonyms
Examples for "constituencies"
Examples for "constituencies"
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In this case the Labour party membership represents two quite crucial constituencies.
The Guardian
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The Social Democrats were engaged at the second ballots in ninety constituencies.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
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Both of those constituencies are likely to lose territory as a result.
The Irish Times
4
Not widely - only a couple of constituencies used the new system.
The Irish Times
5
The marginal constituencies are often seen as a country within a country.
The Guardian
Usage of constituency in English
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Last year the constituency returned the highest vote against the Lisbon Treaty.
The Irish Times
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Government backbenchers have best access to local media who crave constituency announcements.
The Irish Times
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This has been particularly true of the new constituency of West Tyrone.
The Irish Times
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However, nobody in the constituency is ready to write his political obituary.
The Irish Times
5
You have to go pretty far right to find Dick's natural constituency.
A journey: my political life
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The larger the constituency, the less the value of any particular vote.
Brave new world revisited
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Karnataka will hold the first major election under a new constituency map.
Reuters
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He was subsequently re-elected last year to the new five-seat Donegal constituency.
The Irish Times
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Still, expect to see his campaign continue to vie for the constituency.
Feminist dot com
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For the secular constituency in Turkey has good reason to feel uneasy.
The Irish Times
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East Belfast is yet another constituency where the DUP entertains great ambitions.
The Irish Times
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I wonder how this instance, would rank in importance of constituency work.
The Irish Times
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It is a situation that nationalists in the constituency never want repeated.
The Irish Times
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The figure given in last Friday's report on the constituency was incorrect.
The Irish Times
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The Upper Bann constituency is, in many ways, central to Northern politics.
The Irish Times
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But the party is struggling to persuade a bedrock constituency: African Americans.
Reuters