Indian women are rarely courted as a special constituency, although every political party makes references in its platform to improving their status.

Reasons vary: a subcommittee's jurisdiction may be important to a special constituency back home, or the long list looks impressive on a letterhead.

The remaining 8 members were elected in special single-member constituencies to ensure the representation of national minority communities.

Doing Battle As a Moderate Mr. Cortines also struggled with members of the board who represented other special constituencies.

So qualifications were enlarged to include representatives of special constituencies such as minorities and consumers.

Mr. Dukakis has therefore emphasized harmony at the expense of controversial issues and appeals to special constituencies.

In the rural areas where most Africans lived, six special constituencies were drawn.

In Washington, some members of Congress have decided to remain faithful to themselves, their concept of what America means and their special constituency.

The depressed classes were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from special constituencies in which voters belonging to the depressed classes only could vote.

He does represent a special constituency, and I think they have been the most loyal voters that our party has had.