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ElectionsIn politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. The term can refer to:
- the totality of voters or electors (the electorate has the opportunity to express its will)
- the partisans of a particular individual, group or political party (Gospodin Putin played to the prejudices of his personal electorate)
- the collection of the voters enrolled in a geographically-defined area (the electorate of Finchley returned the Tory candidate again)
- the geographically-defined area which returns (elects) a representative (the electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas). Compare ward, district.
The term was also sometimes used to refer to the dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Romisches Reich was a political conglomeration of lands in western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. Emerging from the eastern part of the Frankish realm after its division in the Treaty of Verdun ( 843), it l, who was a prince or bishop able to participate in the selection of the Emperor. One particularly well known electorate of this type was the Electorate of HanoverAlternate meanings: Hanover (district), Hanover (region), Hanover (state), other uses Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the Leine river, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony Niedersachsen in Germany. It is also the c. In this usage, the word refers to a realm controlled by a single elector, rather than a collective of multiple electors (as in the other usages given).
1 Synonyms
Electorates are also called:
- ridings (Canada)
- divisions (Australia - official usage )
- seats (Australia - public usage)
- constituencyElections A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. It can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves. The most common meaning of cons - (England)
- ward (usually for local government elections)
- district
- precinct ??
Where the elections are not carried out in divisions of some kind, the term used is:
2 See also
- List of democracy and elections-related topicsThis is a list of articles related to democracy and the various aspects of a democratic system, most notably elections. In general, all the following articles have at least some connection with the democratic decision-making process. Government Government
