electoral district
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electoral district
A geographically defined area whose eligible residents vote together in a political election, usually at an assigned polling station.
Laut den Hochrechnungen hat die Partei in unserem Wahlbezirk die meisten Stimmen erhalten.
According to the projections, the party received the most votes in our electoral district.
This noun is a clear compound of 'die Wahl' (election) and 'der Bezirk' (district). The meaning can therefore be derived directly from its parts: a district for an election.
Jeder Wahlbezirk umfasst ungefähr gleich viele wahlberechtigte Bürger.
Each electoral district includes roughly the same number of eligible voters.
This word is firmly part of the vocabulary of politics and administration. It is used when talking about the organization and conduct of elections.
Die Stimmen werden für jeden Wahlbezirk einzeln ausgezählt.
The votes are counted separately for each electoral district.
Most often, 'Wahlbezirk' (electoral district) is used with the preposition 'in' to describe the location of voting activity or belonging to a district. It takes the dative: 'im Wahlbezirk' (in the electoral district).
In unserem Wahlbezirk gibt es drei Kandidaten.
There are three candidates in our electoral district.
constituency / electoral district
The Wahlkreis is the larger area in which voters elect representatives and seats are allocated. The Wahlbezirk, by contrast, mainly assigns voters to a polling station where they vote and their ballots are counted together. Use Wahlkreis when referring to political representation and Wahlbezirk when referring to where people cast their votes.
Unser Wahlbezirk gehört zum gleichen Wahlkreis, aber die Einwohner stimmen in einem anderen Wahllokal ab.
Our electoral district belongs to the same constituency, but the residents vote at a different polling station.
In diesem Wahlkreis wählen die Einwohner einen Abgeordneten für das Parlament.
In this constituency, the residents elect one representative to parliament.
