constituencynoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/us/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature:
a rural/urban constituency
[ + sing/pl verb ] the people who live and can vote in a particular area:
He angered his constituency by voting against the bill.
[ + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who support, or are likely to support, a particular person, product, suggestion, etc. :
There is a large constituency in favour of income-tax reductions.
More examples
- The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.
- The marginal Tory constituency was held by 2200 votes in 1992.
- She is popular in her constituency.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Voters & candidates in elections
- abstain
- aye
- constituent
- contestant
- elector
- electoral college
- electoral register
- floating voter
- independent
- no
- nominee
- plurality
- slate
- stalking horse
- swing voter
- ticket
- voter
- write in
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