electoral district (plural electoral districts)
- (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
- Synonyms: constituency, district, (Australia) division, (New Zealand) electorate, (Canada) riding, ward
When comparing voting systems, it is important to know how many representatives are elected from each electoral district.
Usage notes
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Electoral district is a formal, academic term. It is often shortened to district; other terms may be used depending on the variety of English. In Canada, although the common term for a federal or provincial electoral district is riding, electoral district is the term used in legislation.
Translations
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district represented by one or more elected officials
- Basque: hautesbarruti
- Catalan: circumscripció electoral f, districte electoral m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 選區／选区 (zh) (xuǎnqū)
- Crimean Tatar: saylav çevresi
- Czech: volební okrsek m, volební obvod m
- Danish: valgkreds c
- Dutch: kieskring (nl) m, kiesdistrict (nl) n
- Estonian: valimisringkond
- Faroese: valdømi m
- Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
- French: circonscription (fr) f
- Galician: circunscrición electoral f
- Georgian: საარჩევნო უბანი (saarčevno ubani)
- German: Wahlkreis (de) m
- Hebrew: מחוז בחירה m (mekhoz bkhira)
- Hungarian: választókerület (hu)
- Indonesian: daerah pemilihan (id), dapil (acronym)
- Italian: circoscrizione elettorale f, collegio elettorale m, distretto elettorale m
- Japanese: 選挙区 (ja) (せんきょく, senkyoku)
- Macedonian: и́зборна еди́ница f (ízborna edínica)
- Malay: kawasan pilihan raya (Malaysia), kawasan undi (Singapore), daerah pengundi
- Maori: rohe pōti
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: valgkrets m, valgdistrikt n
- Polish: okręg wyborczy m
- Portuguese: circunscrição eleitoral f (Brazil), círculo eleitoral m (Portugal)
- Romanian: district electoral n, circumscripție electorală f
- Russian: избира́тельный о́круг (ru) m (izbirátelʹnyj ókrug)
- Scots: consteetuency
- Spanish: circunscripción electoral f, distrito electoral m
- Swedish: valkrets (sv) c, valdistrikt n (subarea of a valkrets)
- Telugu: నియోజకవర్గం (niyōjakavargaṁ)
- Ukrainian: вибо́рчий о́круг m (vybórčyj ókruh)
- Urdu: حلقہ (halqa), حَلْقَہ اِنْتِخاب (halqa intixāb)
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Further reading
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