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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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local
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Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations.
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This would make local councils properly accountable to their local electorates .
small
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No constituency should be allowed to have an extraordinarily small electorate on the pretext that it comprises widely dispersed and isolated communities.
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This results in a tendency for rural constituencies to have smaller electorates than urban constituencies.
total
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The total electorate was 12,319,787 and the turnout was 75 percent.
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There was a turnout of 4,892,242 or 63.15 percent of the total electorate .
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Turnout: 86 percent of total electorate of 5,600,000.
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A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic's total electorate .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He has been accused of misleading the electorate .
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Research has shown that thirty percent of the electorate have still not decided how they will vote.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All referendums so far have failed to reach the required majority, although more than half the electorate voted in favour.
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But 26m voters, or 69 % of the electorate , abstained.
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Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations.
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Low rents are seen as a form of bribery of the electorate .
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Nor will it do so in countries where genuine political democracy is firmly established and the electorate will no longer support the objectives.
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Seventy-two percent of the electorate decided to voice an opinion.
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The electorate of the capital, Titograd, also voted to reinstate the city's old name of Podgorica.