constituency

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=stit=u=en=cy

CIDE DICTIONARY

constituency, n. 

 A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

constituency, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative member to a legislative body.
2 the area represented in this way.
3 a body of customers, supporters, etc.

THESAURUS

constituency

affiliates, ambit, associates, bailiwick, body of affiliates, citizenry, commonwealth, community, constituents, cultural community, dwellers, electoral college, electorate, electors, folk, footing, general public, habitancy, inhabitants, linguistic community, members, membership, nation, orbit, people, people at large, populace, population, public, society, speech community, sphere of influence, stamping ground, territory, turf, vantage, whole people