functional constituency
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandconstituency
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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constituency
noun[C]
uk/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/us/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/
one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament ...
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(Definition offunctionalandconstituencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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How long can they go on claiming to speak for thatfunctionalconstituency?
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The increase in thefunctionalconstituencymembers is not entirely to be welcomed.
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One million or 2 million people may have one seat in afunctionalconstituencyand a few hundred accountants or doctors another seat.
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It will be at least 1994 before we have a majority of elected members who can speak because they are elected by afunctionalconstituency, or elected directly.
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He proposed to then open up the six district councilfunctionalconstituencyseats for all members of the public, not just district councillors, to contest.
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There are no rules governing the uniformity offunctionalconstituencyelections, although some of the elections use the preferential elimination system, or instant-runoff voting.
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Eligible voters in afunctionalconstituencymay include natural persons as well as other designated legal entities such as organisations and corporations.
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The ten new legislative seats would consist of five geographical constituency seats and fivefunctionalconstituencyseats, to be voted in by elected district council members from among themselves.
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His statement made a case for those in the community who criticisefunctionalconstituencylawmakers as disconnected from the worries and realities of the public at large.
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The indirect system of election involves colleges of interest or functional constituencies.
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The functional constituencies which are proposed are unnecessarily divisive—they might reinforce existing or potential divisions in society.
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That addresses more difficult issues, including the question of the functional constituencies and the election committee.
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It has 30 members returned by functional constituencies.
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There is nothing wrong with functional constituencies provided that we get the electorate right.
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Functional constituencies were designed to be a form of corporate government.
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For the 1995 election it asks that half should be elected by popular vote and half should come from the functional constituencies.
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Will the electorates of the functional constituencies have been widened to include all the members of the relevant organisations?
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The appointments commission would identify the functional constituencies, and they would propose who their members should be.
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I agree that indirect and functional constituencies are unsatisfactory.
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The proposals also enlarge the franchise for the 21 existing functional constituencies.
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