Sentence examples for a single constituency to from inspiring English sources

The system penalizes smaller parties like the Liberal Democrats, which have consistent support across the country, but not enough in a single constituency to defeat the winning Labour or Tory candidate.

Yet it failed to win a single constituency.

And they would have no MSPs in the Scottish Parliament either but for the system of proportional representation that gave them "top-up" seats after they failed to win a single constituency outright.

As a direct result of the electoral system and the lack of a census in recent times, members of parliament do not represent a single constituency and have little direct accountability to their voters.

India's main opposition Congress party failed to win a single constituency.

Before they even started discussing how to do it, Schwarzenegger made it very clear to them that not a single constituency would leave that discussion with a ten out of ten.

In responding to the passions of a single constituency, the mayors have alienated blacks and non-Hispanic whites.

Serbia votes as a single constituency, so no one would take a seat in Serbia's parliament claiming to be the deputy from Pristina.

(At the moment the Left parties, who used to run this state as a fief, are leading in only a single constituency).

It hopes to do better in an election to the European Parliament next June, for which the whole country will count as a single constituency.

Members of county, city and town councils are elected to four-year terms through proportional representation, with the entire local government unit as a single constituency.