This will be further reduced to a list of two to four hopefuls, who will then seek the support of the entire constituency's electorate.

BBC: Tories to stage 'open primary'

Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East, Labour) pointed out the absence of a BNP candidate in his constituency and called for the electorate to rid the country of racism.

BBC: NEWS | Programmes | BBC Parliament | Prime Minister's Questions

My initial reluctance to put my name forward for this post was borne out of a concern that I would not be able to fulfil my commitments to that electorate as their constituency MSP.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Alex Fergusson's acceptance speech

The total electorate for the constituency is 79, 004.

BBC: Voting nearing an end in Eastleigh by-election

Independents, who make up 26 percent of the national electorate, were the swing constituency.

CNN: Exit polls: Bush, Iraq key to outcome

It appears that she got great strength from the Latino electorate, from her core constituency of women.

NPR: California Goes for Clinton and McCain

Lord Jenkins has been told to find a scheme, broadly proportional but preserving constituency links, to put to the electorate as a possible alternative to the prevailing system.

ECONOMIST: Tony and Roy

The Greens' middle-aged, university-educated constituency is growing as a proportion of the electorate.

ECONOMIST: Germany��s Green party is flourishing

Mr Galloway's Respect Party anti-war campaign captured thousands of Muslim votes in the east London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow where 40% of the electorate is Muslim.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Record number of new minority MPs

Although the constituency has the highest proportion of ethnic minorities of all the Glasgow seats, the electorate is predominantly white.

BBC: NEWS | VOTE 2003