electorate

noun3

1. •
   The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

   • The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
2. •
   (Australia, New-Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.

   • The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
3. •
   (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.

   • […] Brandenburg, emerging around what would become Berlin, acquired distinct status as an electorate in the mid-fourteenth century. — 2016