constituencies

Variant of constituency

noun pl. constituencies

  1. all the people, esp. voters, served by a particular elected official, esp. a legislator
  2. the district of such a group of voters, etc.
  3. a group of clients, supporters, etc.

Origin: < constituent + -cy

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