Electorate meaning

ĭ-lĕktər-ĭt
All those qualified to vote in an election.
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A body of qualified voters.
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The dignity or territory of an elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
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The rank or territory of an elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
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The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.

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The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.

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

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The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.

Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful electorate in the Empire.

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Electorate Sentence Examples

  • Down to 1893 the electorate was exceedingly small.

  • The General Court was the legislature and the electorate; the governor and assistants were the executive and the judiciary.

  • This radical reconstruction of the electorate necessarily made the result of the elections doubtful.

  • The second was to have 204 members returned for five years by the usual parliamentary electorate.

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