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means A person represented by an elected official, or more broadly, a part that makes up a larger whole.

from From Latin constituentem, 'that which sets up or establishes,' built from com- ('together') and statuere ('to set up, establish') — the same root that gives us 'statute' and 'institute.' Originally it just meant a component part forming something larger, like a constituent element of a compound. The political sense — a voter whose support 'constitutes,' or sets up, a representative's power — came later, as elected officials and bodies needed a word for the people who literally put them in office. Fitting, since the same roots that build a statue also build a politician's career.