multimember district
noun
variants
or multi-member district
or less commonly multimember constituency
or multi-member constituency
: an electoral district or constituency having two or more representatives in a legislative body rather than one
In a single-member district that's split 60-40 along party lines, the 40 percent minority gets no representative. … But in a multi-member district, the 40 percent gets a share of the seats.—Theo Anderson
compare single-member district
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