electoral district definition

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Noun

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

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

district represented by one or more elected officials

Basque: hautesbarruti
Catalan: circumscripció electoral f, districte electoral m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 選區 (zh), 选区 (zh) (xuǎnqū)
Crimean Tatar: saylav çevresi
Czech: volební okrsek m, volební obvod m
Danish: valgkreds c
Estonian: valimisringkond
Faroese: valdømi m
Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
French: circonscription (fr) f
Galician: circunscrición electoral f
German: Wahlkreis (de) m
Hebrew: מחוז בחירה‎ m (mekhoz bkhira)
Hungarian: választókerület (hu)

Italian: circoscrizione elettorale f, collegio elettorale m, distretto elettorale m
Japanese: 選挙区 (せんきょく, senkyoku)
Macedonian: и́зборна еди́ница f (ízborna edínica)
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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