multimember district
noun
variants
or multi-member district
or less commonly multimember constituency
or multi-member constituency
: an electoral district or constituency having two or more representatives in a legislative body rather than one
In a single-member district that's split 60-40 along party lines, the 40 percent minority gets no representative. … But in a multi-member district, the 40 percent gets a share of the seats.—
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compare single-member district
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Other reformers have suggested ending the single-member, winner-take-all system of sending representatives to Congress and switching to multimember districts, with the seats allotted according to the percentage of the vote each party receives.
—Julia Azari, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
Many activists have lobbied for an even higher number, or multimember districts like those recently approved in Portland, Ore.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
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Julia Azari, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
Many activists have lobbied for an even higher number, or multimember districts like those recently approved in Portland, Ore.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
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“Multimember district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multimember%20district. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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