constituency
/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
constituency noun: a district represented by one or more elected officials.
Noun
constituency (plural constituencies)
- A district represented by one or more elected officials.
- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
- The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since...2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- division, electoral district, electorate, precinct, riding
- The voters within an electoral district.
- Synonyms:
- electorate
- The residents of an electoral district.
- The voters of a candidate.
- people outside his usual constituency of young married couples
- An interest group or fan base.
constituency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
constituency in Hindi
- district represented by one or more elected officials
- निर्वाचन क्षेत्र nirvācan kṣetra, चुनाव क्षेत्र cunāv kṣetra
constituency in Tamil
- district represented by one or more elected officials
- தொகுதி tokuti
constituency in Marathi
- मतदारसंघ
constituency in Urdu
- district represented by one or more elected officials
- حَلْقَہ halqa
More languagesFewer languages
- constituency in Bengali
- নির্বাচনী এলাকা
- constituency in Telugu
- నియోజకవర్గము niyōjakavargamu
- constituency in Malayalam
- മണ്ഡലം maṇḍalaṁ
- constituency in Kannada
- ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ, ಆಯೂರು, ಆಯನಾಡು
- constituency in Gujarati
- મતવિસ્તાર
- constituency in Assamese
- সমষ্টি xomosti
- constituency in Indonesian
- daerah pemilihan
- constituency in Thai
- เขตเลือกตั้ง
- constituency in Vietnamese
- khu vực bầu cử
- constituency in Myanmar
- မဲဆန္ဒနယ် mai:hcanda.nai
Examples of constituency in a sentence
- I live in a blue constituency. Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
- The Tories are on twenty-five percent in this constituency.
- The Tories are on twenty-five percent in that constituency.
Synonyms of constituency
Forms of constituency
| plural | constituencies |
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Origin of constituency
From constituent + -ency.
Words formed from constituency
Phrases with constituency
Questions about constituency
- What does constituency mean?
- Constituency means a district represented by one or more elected officials.
- What is constituency in Hindi?
- Constituency in Hindi is निर्वाचन क्षेत्र (nirvācan kṣetra), चुनाव क्षेत्र (cunāv kṣetra). See Constituency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is constituency?
- Constituency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce constituency?
- Constituency is pronounced /kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/.
- What is the plural of constituency?
- The plural of constituency is constituencies.
Words near constituency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: constituency (page history and authors); constituency (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); constituency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నియోజకవర్గము (Telugu) (page history and authors); മണ്ഡലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); constituency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); constituency (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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