electoral district

English

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Noun

electoral district (plural electoral districts)

1. (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.

   When comparing voting systems it is important to know how many representatives are elected from each electoral district.

Synonyms

• constituency
• district
• electorate (Australia)
• riding (Canada)
• ward

Usage notes

Electoral district is a formal, academic term. It is often shortened to district, however other terms are used depending on the variety of English.

Translations

district represented by one or more elected officials

• Catalan: circumscripció electoral (ca) f, districte electoral (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選區 (cmn), 选区 (cmn) (xuǎnqū)

• Czech: volební okrsek (cs) m
• Faroese: valdømi (fo) m
• Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
• French: circonscription (fr) f
• German: Wahlkreis (de) m
• Hebrew: מחוז בחירה (he) (mekhoz bkhira) m
• Hungarian: választókerület (hu)
• Italian: circoscrizione elettorale (it) f, collegio elettorale (it) m, distretto elettorale (it) m

• Japanese: 選挙区 (ja) (せんきょく, senkyoku)
• Macedonian: изборна единица (mk) (ízbordna edínica) f
• Norwegian: Valgkrets (no) m
• Portuguese: circunscrição eleitoral (pt) f (Brazil), círculo eleitoral (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: district electoral (ro), circumscripție electorală (ro)
• Russian: избирательный округ (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj ókrug) m
• Scots: consteetuency
• Spanish: circunscripción electoral (es) f, distrito electoral (es) m
• Swedish: valkrets (sv) c, valdistrikt (sv) n (subarea of a valkrets)
• Telugu: నియోజకవర్గం (te) (niyOjakavargam)