constituency

noun, plural con·stit·u·en·cies.

a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer.

the district itself.

any body of supporters, customers, etc.; clientele.

Origin:
1825–35; constitu(ent) + -ency

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constituency (kənˈstɪtjʊənsɪ)

—n , pl -cies
1.	the whole body of voters who elect one representative to a legislature or all the residents represented by one deputy
2.	a. a district that sends one representative to a legislature
	b. (as modifier): constituency organization

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constituency

"body of constituents," 1831, from constituent.

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constituency

basic electoral unit into which eligible electors are organized to elect representatives to a legislative or other public body. The registration of electors is also usually undertaken within the bounds of the constituency.

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"But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can only be known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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