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单词 constituency
释义
constituency
(kənstɪtʃuənsi )
Word forms: constituencies
1. countable noun
A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
2. countable noun
A particular constituency is a section of society that may give political support to a particular party or politician.
In France, farmers are a powerful political constituency.
Collocations:
constituency election
That amendment to regulations can also be interpreted as either or meaning that the smallest faction can be formed either based on party list or a single constituency election.
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There are no rules governing the uniformity of functional constituency elections, although some of the elections use the preferential elimination system, or instant-runoff voting.
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The results of the constituency elections have been the same as the overall result of general elections since 1983.
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The remaining 8 constituencies election were suspended due to violence and re-election to be held.
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Since the last constituency elections in 2005, some boundaries have been altered slightly.
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core constituency
Each leading candidate has his own core constituency but must peel enough voters away from the others to prevail.
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Do the beliefs of your core constituency matter more than the fleeting thrills of the floating voters?
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Yet one of his greatest strengths lies in his reputation for authenticity, the heart of his appeal to moderates and independents, his core constituency.
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Hence, most of the provincial government's programmes targeted rural areas despite the fact that the party's core constituency was urban.
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His core constituency operates in the front lines of healthcare, not war.
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electoral constituency
He appears to have inspired more envy than reprobation among his electoral constituency.
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They have no administrative function, but serve as electoral constituencies.
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The election was conducted with multiple seat electoral constituencies.
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The current electoral law fixes the number at 99 deputies, divided according to the provinces and the electoral constituencies.
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In the law, each administrative atoll's population determines how many electoral constituencies will be created.
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key constituency
One key constituency, however, has remained silent.
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The two main contenders battled to boost turnout in their key constituencies.
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But gradually he has alienated key constituencies, some worth confronting, others which should have been courted.
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Although dotted around the country, there are some geographical clusters of key constituencies.
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An expanded candidates' department has been trawling through the history of those in key constituencies to ensure that they do not cause embarrassment.
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large constituency
He felt an urgent need to articulate his own feelings of dislocation, and he rried with him a large constituency of sympathisers.
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At that time the colony was one large constituency, with three members elected for a period of nine years to sit with the appointed members.
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The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.
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The minor islands are not allocated to any districts or tapere, but they do form part of the larger constituencies.
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A reviewer said that it seems to be tolerably well adapted to the needs of the larger constituency for which it was designed.
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local constituency
He held on to the seat at a time when several local constituency parties were moving to the left.
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He said yesterday that he would be 'consulting his local constituency party' over the weekend - implying that he hasn't quite made up his mind.
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It asks a dozen questions on your political views to 'match' you with the local constituency candidate who best represents your opinions.
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The choice of candidate belongs to the local constituency parties and not to the central organisation, which only has a right of approval.
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Some members of his local constituency association were, however, less relaxed.
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natural constituency
Taxi drivers were a natural constituency of hers, and she was frequently recognised by them.
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We over-60s are the trust's natural constituency.
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They want exposure, profit and ego fulfilment, none of which form the natural constituency of football support.
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He never recovered and, critically, lost the support of his natural constituency, the liberals, who could not quite believe at first what had happened.
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Fells had a knack for simplifying her field, teaching arts students - not the natural constituency - the basics of computing with the help of a carousel packed with engaging slides.
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parliamentary constituency
Developing such ideas will not be helped by splitting the parliamentary constituency in two, or by building a bridge.
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The record here involves 19 contenders in a parliamentary constituency.
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Do we urgently need new parliamentary constituency boundaries?
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The other electorally significant event of the past year was the collapse of the plan to equalise parliamentary constituency size.
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Each parliamentary constituency contains 2 to 3 state legislative assembly constituencies, except in the federal territories where there are only parliamentary constituencies.
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represent a constituency
Whatsoever the reason, all parties who seriously believe that they wish to represent their constituency, should seek to address the situation urgently.
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Are they someone you can trust to create policies that represent their constituency?
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He continued to represent the constituency until 1812.
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He continued to represent this constituency until 1802.
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They are not affiliated to any political party and do not represent any constituency.
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rural constituency
We have the second largest rural constituency - it depends on agriculture.
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It's a mostly rural constituency with 73 towns and villages.
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But these are the real modern hazards of campaigning in a large rural constituency.
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Traditionally, the dominant issue in this rural constituency was farming.
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He represents a large rural constituency where the oil and gas industry, subsea engineering and marine renewables are major employers.
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Chinese: 选区
Japanese: 選挙区
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