0 a group of politicians from a particular political party who elect someone to a political position, rather than a larger group of voters:
UK This approach was not just a play to win the affections of the Tory selectorate.
He needs the support of the Democratic selectorate on August 8.
The ballot papers have now gone out to Labour MPs, members and trades unionists, the selectorate who will choose their party's next deputy leader.
UK He impressed his selectorate by being the only Cabinet minister to hold a regular surgery for MPs at the Commons to discuss welfare issues from their constituencies.
Both parties had good reason to believe that their selectorate in these primaries had chosen candidates who made them less appealing to the wider electorate on November 7.
