Sentence examples for constituency instead of from inspiring English sources

"My recommendation is to reach out to the Nader constituency instead of trying to become more Republican.

Besides a presidential or semi-presidential system, proposals include increasing the threshold to exclude all the small parties; expanding the Knesset, which is not big enough to be an effective check on the executive; and electing some or all of the Knesset members directly by constituency instead of by party list, to make them more answerable to their voters.

A growing majority of voters supports marijuana reform, and more candidates are starting to recognize that it makes good political sense to court the cannabis constituency instead of criminalize us".

Electorates would identify more with their MEPs if they voted by districts or constituencies, instead of according to national lists.

Back when modern democracies were invented, that was the only viable option, but in our hyperconnected today, wouldn't it make as much sense if not more to allow voters to register for online constituencies, instead of the one in which they happen to physically live?

However, the House Energy and Commerce Committee chose to divide the spoils to powerful constituencies instead of auctioning 100%.

"Someone in the government decided to put the whole constituency down instead of the poorest of the poor," Mr. Moonis said.

The most senior of the MPs facing that outcome (such as George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer) will probably be eased by their parties into nearby constituencies instead.

Provisions of the legislation are very similar to the parliamentary-election legislation, with the main difference being that the 12 members of the European Parliament are elected in a single constituency encompassing all of Croatia, instead of multiple constituencies used in the parliamentary elections.

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

The House of Lords would be replaced with senators elected from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions instead of constituencies.