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/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/ · noun
(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials..
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".
Use constituency when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Constituency means (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials..
Common synonyms include division, electoral district, electorate, precinct.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
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