Topic: POLITICS
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con‧sti‧tu‧en‧cy W3
plural constituencies [countable]
plural constituencies [countable]1PPV British English an area of a country that elects a representative to a parliament : a rural constituency constituency boundaries He represents the Essex constituency of Epping Forest.
a rural constituencyconstituency boundariesHe represents the Essex constituency of Epping Forest.2 [also + plural verb British English]PPV the people who live and vote in a particular area
3PP any group that supports or is likely to support a politician or a political party : The trade unions were no longer the constituency of the Labour Party alone.
The trade unions were no longer the constituency of the Labour Party alone.