Meanings
nounelectoral district (plural electoral districts)
plural electoral districts
- governmentA district represented by one or more elected officials.
When comparing voting systems, it is important to know how many representatives are elected from each electoral district.
Synonyms: constituency, district, division, electorate, riding, ward, congressional district
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA district represented by one or more elected officials.
Translations
Basque hautesbarruti
- hautesbarrutidistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Catalan circumscripció electoral, districte electoral
- circumscripció electoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- districte electoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Chinese Mandarin 選區 /选区
- 選區 /选区 (xuǎnqū)district represented by one or more elected officials
Czech volební okrsek, volební obvod
- volební okrsekdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- volební obvoddistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Danish valgkreds
- valgkredsdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Dutch kieskring, kiesdistrict
- kieskringdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- kiesdistrictdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Esperanto elektodistrikto
- elektodistriktodistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Estonian valimisringkond
- valimisringkonddistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Finnish vaalipiiri
- vaalipiiridistrict represented by one or more elected officials
French circonscription
- circonscriptiondistrict represented by one or more elected officials
German Wahlkreis
- Wahlkreisdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Hebrew מחוז בחירה
- מחוז בחירה (mekhoz bkhira)district represented by one or more elected officials
Hindi चुनाव क्षेत्र, निर्वाचन क्षेत्र
- चुनाव क्षेत्र (cunāv kṣetra)district represented by one or more elected officials
- निर्वाचन क्षेत्र (nirvācan kṣetra)district represented by one or more elected officials
Hungarian választókerület
- választókerületdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Indonesian daerah pemilihan, dapil
- daerah pemilihandistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- dapildistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Italian circoscrizione elettorale, collegio elettorale
- circoscrizione elettoraledistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- collegio elettoraledistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- distretto elettoraledistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Japanese 選挙区
- 選挙区 (senkyoku)district represented by one or more elected officials
Malay kawasan pilihan raya, kawasan undi
- kawasan pilihan rayadistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- kawasan undidistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- daerah pengundidistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Māori rohe pōti
- rohe pōtidistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Norwegian Bokmål valgkrets, valgdistrikt
- valgkretsdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- valgdistriktdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Polish okręg wyborczy
- okręg wyborczydistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Portuguese circunscrição eleitoral, círculo eleitoral
- circunscrição eleitoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- círculo eleitoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Romanian district electoral, circumscripție electorală
- district electoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- circumscripție electoralădistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Russian избира́тельный о́круг
- избира́тельный о́круг (izbirátelʹnyj ókrug)district represented by one or more elected officials
Spanish circunscripción electoral, distrito electoral
- circunscripción electoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- distrito electoraldistrict represented by one or more elected officials
Swedish valkrets, valdistrikt (subarea of a valkrets)
- valkretsdistrict represented by one or more elected officials
- valdistrikt (subarea of a valkrets)district represented by one or more elected officials
Ukrainian вибо́рчий о́круг
- вибо́рчий о́круг (vybórčyj ókruh)district represented by one or more elected officials
Urdu حلقہ, حَلْقَہ اِنْتِخاب
- حلقہ (halqa)district represented by one or more elected officials
- حَلْقَہ اِنْتِخاب (halqa intixāb)district represented by one or more elected officials
Cite this entry
APA
electoral district. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral%20district
MLA
“electoral district.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral%20district. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electoral district,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral%20district.
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