A constituent is someone who can or does appoint or elect (and often by implication can also remove or recall) another as his agent or representative. A constituency is all the constituents of a particular agent or representative. Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...

Depending on the context, another closely-related meaning of constituent is that of a citizen residing in the area governed, represented, or otherwise served by a politician; sometimes this is restricted to citizens who elected the politician. All the constituents who are registered to vote are referred to as the electorate. The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...

Constituent service is representatives helping their constituents handle problems that can be best handled by a representative getting involved. Members of the U.S. Congress (both Representatives and Senators) working in Washington, D.C. have a governmentally staffed district office to aid in constituent service. Many state legislatures have followed suit. The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...

Elected officials tend to believe that responsiveness to their constituents is their highest professional responsibility. A longtime Pennsylvania elected official, State Rep. Mark B. Cohen of Philadelphia, said that "Opinions about political and governmental issues are always appropriate to share with elected officials. All too often, the gap between what people think and what they express is very wide, creating a vacuum filled of interests not representative of the general public." State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...

In a looser sense, corporations and other such organizations can be referred to as constituents, if they have a significant presence in an area. A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ...

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