electoral district

electoral district

English

Noun

electoral district (plural electoral districts)

1. (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／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)

Further reading

• electoral district on Wikipedia.Wikipedia