Sentence examples for member constituency from inspiring English sources

In a single member constituency, first-past-the-post electoral system such as ours, all-women shortlists are the most obvious solution.

Concerns about the issue of gay marriage were first raised to me within my member constituency about a year and a half ago.

The winning candidate in each single member constituency is simply the person who gets the most votes, a plurality.

There are two types of electoral division or constituency in Singapore: the Single Member Constituency (SMC) and the Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

The 2011 general election brought three NCMPs into Parliament: Lina Loh (the wife of Chiam See Tong, the former MP for Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency) of the Singapore People's Party, and Gerald Giam and Yee Jenn Jong of the Workers Partyy of Singapore.

They were taken up by Lina Loh from the Singapore People's Party who contested in Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (SMC), and Yee Jenn Jong and Gerald Giam of the Workers Partyy who contested in Joo Chiat SMC and East Coast GRC respectively.

It works by using large multi member constituencies and ranking candidate in order of preference.

Duverger's law – the propensity for single member constituencies to form two party systems – and parental socialisation effects are the institutional and sociological drivers of party stability.

In the end it opted for first-past-the-post, as at general elections, with 81 single member constituencies across Britain.

Prior to that date, all constituencies were Single Member Constituencies (SMCs).

There are two types of constituencies (electoral divisions) in Singapore: Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).