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electoral unit
Sign in to saveAlso known as electoral area, riding, parliamentary seat, parliamentary constituency, electoral division, assembly constituency, political district, voting district
territorial division made or used for elections
An electoral unit is a geographic area used to organize elections and determine how many representatives each region gets. It matters because how these areas are drawn directly affects which candidates can win and how much influence different communities have in government.
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GitHub - whosonfirst/whosonfirst-placetypes: Where things are (and what they mean) in Who's On First. · GitHub
Where things are (and what they mean) in Who's On First. - whosonfirst/whosonfirst-placetypes
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