Electorate vs Constituency - What's the difference?
electorate | constituency | Synonyms |
The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
(British) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
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The voters within such a district.
An interest group or fan base.
Constituency is a synonym of electorate.
As nouns the difference between electorate and constituency
is that electorate is the collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote while constituency is (British) A district represented by one or more elected officials.electorate
English
(wikipedia electorate)Noun
(en noun)- The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
- ''The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
- ''Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful electorate in the Empire.
Synonyms
* (collective people) constituency * (geographic area) riding (Canada), constituency (United Kingdom), seat (Australia), division (Australia), ward, district, electoral districtconstituency
English
(wikipedia constituency)Noun
(constituencies)- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency .
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