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# electorate

«electorate» in Mova's school dictionary: **all the people in a country or area who are allowed to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (electorate, electorates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The electorate is all the people in a country or area who are allowed to vote in an election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#m1)

2) (Australia, New Zealand) An electorate is an area that elects one member of parliament, called a constituency in the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and politics lessons, the electorate is the voters; politicians try to win over the electorate. In Australia and New Zealand, people talk about «my electorate» meaning their voting district. Common phrases: «the British electorate», «a divided electorate», «appeal to the electorate», «young members of the electorate».

### examples

- The electorate chose a new prime minister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x1)
- Politicians make promises to win the electorate's votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x2)
- Children are not part of the electorate until they turn eighteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x3)
- In Scotland, sixteen-year-olds are part of the electorate in some elections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x4)
- Our local member represents a big rural electorate in Queensland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x5)
- Half the electorate did not vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x6)
- The electorate was split down the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/#x7)

### note

Usually used with «the». It is a group noun: «the electorate is» (in the UK also «are»). Related: «elect», «election», «elector» (one voter), «electoral». In maths problems, the electorate is the total number of voters, and turnout is the part that voted.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «electorate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electorate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.