Constituencies

territorial division made or used for elections

thumb|upright|Boundaries drawn to apportion five "districts" result in varying color majorities, including no yellow and 5 blue (top left), 3 yellow and 2 blue (top right), and 2 yellow and 3 blue (lower examples matching "voter" proportions).

electoral district with one representative in a legislature

electoral district for a European Parliament seat

Early constitutional charter (1312) by the Duke of Brabant, co-signed by the main cities of his land

At large (before a noun: at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset. In multi-hierarchical bodies, the term rarely extends to a tier beneath the highest division. A contrast is implied, with certain electoral districts or narrower divisions. It can be given to the associated territory, if any, to denote its undivided nature, in a specific context. Unambiguous synonyms are the prefixes of cross-, all- or whole-, s

constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents a university rather than a geographical area

process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed