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
• Dutch: kieskring (nl) m, kiesdistrict (nl) n
• Estonian: valimisringkond
• Faroese: valdømi m
• Finnish: vaalipiiri (fi)
• French: circonscription (fr) f
• Galician: circunscrición electoral f
• Georgian: საარჩევნო უბანი (saarčevno ubani)
• German: Wahlkreis (de) m
• Hebrew: מחוז בחירה m (mekhoz bkhira)
• Hungarian: választókerület (hu)
• Indonesian: daerah pemilihan (id)
• 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
• 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