Definition of constituency
constituencies
1a : a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) the governor's liberal constituencyb : the residents in an electoral district The senator's constituency includes a large minority population.c : an electoral district
2a : a group or body that patronizes, supports, or offers representation creating … a grass-roots constituency for continuing the project — Fred Reedb : the people involved in or served by an organization (such as a business or institution) … regards its corporate customers as its prime constituency. — Andrew Hacker
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Examples of constituency in a Sentence
The senator's constituency includes a large minority population.
He was elected to represent a Liverpool constituency.
Recent Examples of constituency from the Web
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The remaining delegates will be chosen in a still-unclear voting exercise by sector-specific groups such as workers’ unions and community councils — constituencies the government has traditionally dominated.
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The Senate is willing to be more moderate and almost has to be, given its constituency.
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The YouGov constituency projection, based on 50,000 interviews over the course of a week, showed May would win 310 seats, down from the 331 seats won by her predecessor David Cameron in 2015.
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Using data from the UK Office of National Statistics, the British Election Study, and past election results, YouGov has estimated the number of each type of voter in each constituency.
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Although those projects were initiated by various agencies, Mr. Woods helped coordinate them and mobilized public and private constituencies to revitalize the waterfront.
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But the Media Lab had a second constituency: executives in marketing, strategic planning, and corporate development.
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Origin and Etymology of constituency
see constitute
First Known Use: 1831
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playLegal Definition of constituency
constituencies
1 : a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive office)
2 : the residents in an electoral district
3 : an electoral district
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