daerah pemilihan
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of daerah (“region; area”) + pemilihan (“election”), calque of Dutch kiesdistrict (“constituency, electoral district”).
=== Noun ===
daerah pemilihan (plural daerah-daerah pemilihan)
(politics) constituency, electoral district: a district represented by one or more elected officials
Synonym: konstituensi
==== Usage notes ====
The term is used for election purpose.
==== Alternative forms ====
dapil
==== Synonyms ====
kawasan pilihan raya (Malaysia Standard Malay)
kawasan undi (Singapore Standard Malay)
daerah mengundi (Standard Malay)
daerah pengundi (Standard Malay)
=== Further reading ===
“daerah pemilihan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016