Constituency

//kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi//

"Constituency" in a Sentence (8 examples)

It should be added that his remarks had no direct influence on the constituency.

The strong sentiments the candidate voiced only served to polarize his constituency.

There's a deception inherent to any politician's claim to represent a constituency.

Because AIPAC's primary constituency is white Evangelical Christians, its views on Israel lie considerably to the right of those of American Jews.

A by-election will be held in this constituency in a month's time.

John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.

The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.

This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".

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