Sentence examples for are constituency from inspiring English sources

Half of all German MPs are constituency MPs, elected in the same way as British MPs.

Above this level the most important bodies are constituency associations, which propose candidates on the basis of a nationally approved list.

Both legislatures use a form of proportional representation in which a majority of seats are constituency seats, elected using first past the post.

Half the seats of the Bundestag are allocated according to party lists, but the other half are constituency MPs elected according to a first-past-the-post (FPTP) system with its bias in favour of big parties.

Friday and Saturday are constituency days: on a Friday I normally have two or three visits [to a local school or charity or business], a two-hour surgery of around 10 to 15-minute sessions helping constituents with difficult problems, and a lot of letter signing, diary and local campaign planning with my secretary, often with a speaking engagement in the evening.

Roughly half the members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs) are constituency members elected by first-past-the-post – the other half are regional or list members elected by a proportional system that aims to redress some of the imbalances in the constituency vote.

Among the proposals are constituency-based parliamentary districts, instead of today's national slates, and a higher minimum vote threshold for minority parties.

All are constituencies important to his political success.

But in both countries, there are constituencies for and against currency revaluation.

These were constituencies that backed the PAN in 1997 and 2000.

On election night it was constituencies like Edgbaston which heralded a Labour government.