constituency
noun
a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer.
constituencies
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pluralof constituency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mayor won nine of the 14 constituencies including two gains from the Tories, and gained 43.8% of the vote share.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The 64-year-old had won 1,544,140 votes -- or 58.87 percent -- in 135 of the country's 226 constituencies, said the commission.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Individual constituencies would then be ranked according to how strongly each candidate performed locally.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
I expect them, like most of their colleagues, to respond to their constituencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“To be a child of the Third World is to be aware of the many different constituencies you have and how honesty and truth must always depend on context.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
