CONSTITUENCY


Meaning of CONSTITUENCY in English

con ‧ sti ‧ tu ‧ en ‧ cy AC /kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural constituencies ) [countable]

1 . British English an area of a country that elects a representative to a parliament ⇨ seat :

a rural constituency

constituency boundaries

He represents the Essex constituency of Epping Forest.

2 . [ also + plural verb British English ] the people who live and vote in a particular area

3 . any group that supports or is likely to support a politician or a political party:

The trade unions were no longer the constituency of the Labour Party alone.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.