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- Dictionaryelectorate/ɪˈlɛkt(ə)rət/
noun
- 1. all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election: "75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form"
- 2. the area represented by one Member of Parliament. Australian, New Zealand
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electorate | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ɪˈlek·tə·rət / Add to word list. the people who are allowed to vote. (Definition of electorate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of electorate. electorate.
noun. elec· tor· ate i-ˈlek-t (ə-)rət. 1. : the territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of a German elector. 2. : a body of people entitled to vote. Examples of electorate in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The trend data on registration and voting give us an invaluable demographic profile of the electorate.
ELECTORATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of electorate in English. electorate. noun [ C usually singular, + sing/pl verb ] us / ɪˈlek.tɚ.ət / uk / iˈlek.t ə r.ət / Add to word list. all the people who are allowed to vote: The present voting system distorts the wishes of the electorate.
noun. the body of all qualified voters. the rank, position, or territory of an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. the area represented by a Member of Parliament. the voters in a constituency.
An electorate is a body of people allowed to vote in an election. In the United States, when you turn eighteen, you may join the electorate and help choose a president. The word electorate is especially important for those people who are not a part of it.
The electorate of a country or area is all the people in it who have the right to vote in an election.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the body of all qualified voters. 2. (Historical Terms) the rank, position, or territory of an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. 3. (Parliamentary Procedure) Austral and NZ the area represented by a Member of Parliament. 4. Austral and NZ the voters in a constituency.
