electoral district

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

electoral district (plural electoral districts)

1. (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.

   Synonyms: constituency, district, division (Australia), electorate (New Zealand), riding (Canada), ward, congressional district (US)

   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
• Dutch: kieskring (nl) m, kiesdistrict (nl) n
• Esperanto: elektodistrikto
• Estonian: valimisringkond
• Faroese: valdømi m
• Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
• French: circonscription (fr) f
• Galician: circunscrición electoral f
• Georgian: საარჩევნო ოლქი (saarčevno olki)
• German: Wahlkreis (de) m
• Hebrew: מחוז בחירה m (mekhoz bkhira)
• Hindi: चुनाव क्षेत्र m (cunāv kṣetra), निर्वाचन क्षेत्र (hi) m (nirvācan kṣetra)
• Hungarian: választókerület (hu)
• Indonesian: daerah pemilihan (id), dapil (acronym)
• Italian: circoscrizione elettorale f, collegio elettorale m, distretto elettorale m
• Japanese: 選挙区 (ja) (せんきょく, senkyoku)
• Macedonian: и́зборна еди́ница f (ízborna edínica)
• Malay: kawasan pilihan raya (Malaysia), kawasan undi (Singapore), daerah pengundi
• Māori: rohe pōti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valgkrets m, valgdistrikt n

• Polish: okręg wyborczy m inan
• 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 (sv) 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