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Definition of constituency

noun (plural constituencies)

  • a group of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body:most politicians are more interested in the voice of their constituency
  • chiefly British an area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body:a parliamentary candidate in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency
  • a group of people with shared interests or political opinions:the right needed to move beyond its blue-blood constituency

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