Electorate

Quick meaning: Electorate is a noun meaning The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

Meaning

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
2. (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.

Example Sentences

The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.

[…] Brandenburg, emerging around what would become Berlin, acquired distinct status as an electorate in the mid-fourteenth century.

The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.

The line of demarcation [between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism] ran, as it still runs, through the midst of the Netherlands, of Germany, and of Switzerland, dividing province from province, electorate from electorate, and canton from canton.

Word Forms

• electorates

Synonyms for electorate

Depending on context, synonyms include constituency, division, riding, seat, ward.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elector, constituency, electoral, election, vote, voter.

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