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Jesse Jackson Tones Down Racially Charged Challenge to Black Lawmakers
Nov 20th, 2009 - FOXNews
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday sought to soften his fairly stinging shots at a black lawmaker who voted against President Obama's health care overhaul. Jackson on...
My expenses are above board, says MP who quit Commons watchdog
Nov 20th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The Tory MP in charge of the Commons standards and privileges committee, who stood down pending an inquiry into his second home allowance claims, today insisted his expenses were "very modest" and "completely above board".
By-election win 'endorses Brown'
Nov 13th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Willie Bain won with a majority of 8,111 votes Labour have hailed their win in the Glasgow North East by-election as a dramatic victory and an endorsement of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's policies.
US Arabs, Jews Meet to Build Constituency for Mideast Peace
Nov 3rd, 2009 - VOA News
Representatives of more than 30 leading Arab-American and Jewish-American organizations met in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Hosted jointly by the Arab-American Institute (AAI)...
Voting Green is a waste - Clegg
Sep 21st, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Nick Clegg said Green voters should turn to the Lib Dems Backing the Green Party at the next general election would be a wasted vote, Nick Clegg has said. The Lib Dem...

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Ghana Election 2008- Misunderstanding At a Constituency
At a constituency in Ahodwo, Kumasi voters did not like what they saw as an interference by a party observer.
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Biden and the anti-war constituency
therealnews.com Stephen Zunes: Obama's anti-Iraq war stance wiped out by choosing hawk Biden
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JLP TV Ad - Life In Portia's Constituency
JLP TV Ad - Life In Portia's Constituency
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S Manikavasagam: I will do my utmost for the constituency
New Kapar MP S Manikavasagam shares the challenges he faces in his constituency... by Maran Perianen Editing: Indrani Kopal

Constituency from WikiPedia:

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves. In politics, a constituency can mean either the people from whom an individual or organization hopes to attract support, or the people or geographical area that a particular elected official represents.

A constituent is any member of a constituency, including those who did not vote for an elected representative.

The term is frequently used in US politics. In most democracies the term is not that relevant, since the electorate is represented by more than one elected legislator, and the elected legislator has a responsibility to all the electorate rather than to his constituents. In the US system electorate and constituents are identical groups, but that is not the case in representative democracies. The electorate are all who can vote in the election (e.g. to the parliament), but the constituents are only those who can vote for a particular candidate in that election.