electorates

Noun

electorate (plural electorates)

1. (collective) The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
   • The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.

   Synonyms:

   constituency

2. (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.
   • [I]n case Hanover should be attacked on the ground of a German quarrel, unconnected with English politics, we were not bound to defend her; yet, if a power at war with England should think fit to consider that electorate as part of the king's dominions, which perhaps according to the law of nations...1827, Henry Hallam, “On the Reign of William II”, in The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC...
3. (Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
   • The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.

   Synonyms:

   division, riding, seat, ward