selectoraten.
/sɪˈlɛktərət/ That section of a political party which has the effective power to choose a representative.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > selection of candidates > those having power to select
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1967 P. Paterson Selectorate i. 27 Within the Conservative selectorate there are almost as many grades and ranks and classifications as in a masonic order.
1969 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 14 Most [primaries], while broadening the selectorate, are still open to the criticism that the many are brought in only at the final stage, to exercise a choice over a few candidates chosen by a committee.
1980 Times 20 June 14/4 I favour confining the selectorate to MPs.
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