Sentence examples for a constituency divided from inspiring English sources

The half-seat was to be joined to a chunk of the English mainland, creating a constituency divided by several miles of sea.

The biggest disappointment may well have been Michel Aoun, a retired general who appeared to preserve his bloc of seats but left the Christian constituency divided.

The principle of proportional representation is that the seats of a constituency are divided on a pro rata basis according to the number of votes cast.

The boundaries of two parliamentary constituencies divide Oldham: Oldham East and Saddleworth, and Oldham West and Royton (which includes the town centre), represented by Labour Members of Parliament Debbie Abrahams and Michael Meacher respectively.

The candidates' responses revealed an almost perfect archetypal contrast in how contemporary Catholics these days relate to their faith, and why what some call "the Catholic vote" is a constituency as deeply divided as the rest of the electorate.

That's a motley, divided constituency, whereas well-off suburbanites are easier to activate and rally.

"You can only divide a community by disenfranchising a constituency," he said, "and a divided community is a weak community".

Her constituency is divided, as are opinions of her.

In contrast, the MHP constituency was divided in its support for AKP candidates, especially in the metropolitan areas of western Turkey.

Quite a few of those voters must be former Liberal Democrats, especially in the Oldham wards of the constituency, starkly divided between urban Lancashire and rural, former Yorkshire Saddleworth.

Even Mr. Karzai's own Pashtun ethnic constituency is divided, with some supporting the special court and others — primarily those who won seats — insisting that they want the Parliament to be inaugurated now.