Wikidata:WikiProject Parliaments/Constituency Model

Basic Information	instance of (P31) : electoral unit (Q192611) with a of (P642) qualifier to the legislature for which is is a constituency OR ideally, a legislature-specific subclass, such as constituency of the House of Commons (Q27971968), which should have a of (P642) qualifier to the legislature. country (P17) located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) : <the smallest administrative territory that includes this constituency>
Ideally	inception (P571): <date constituency was created> (and replaces (P1365) if this replaces one or more previous districts)) historic districts should, likewise, have a dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576) and replaced by (P1366)
If available/known	geoshape (P3896): <link to shapefile> electorate (P1831): <size of the electorate> electoral district number (P4565): <official district ID>

Example:

⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ instance of (P31) ⟨ federal electoral district of Germany (Q11703715)    ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ country (P17) ⟨ Germany (Q183)    ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) ⟨ Bavaria (Q980)    ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ inception (P571) ⟨ 1976 ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ electorate (P1831) ⟨ 190,781 ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ geoshape (P3896) ⟨ Data:Bundestagswahl2017/wahlkreis254.map ⟩
⟨ Donau-Ries (Q1008089)    ⟩ electoral district number (P4565) ⟨ 254 ⟩

A Legislature-specific base item (such as constituency of the House of Commons (Q27971968), or provincial electoral district of Quebec (Q2973931)) should show which legislature the districts belong to, how many there are (or have been at other times), and the country and jurisdiction in question:

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