地方の党員たちは自党に有利な形の選挙区割りをもくろんでいます。

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English Translation

Local party members are trying to gerrymander the district.

Furigana

地方(ちほう)の党員(とういん)たちは自党(じとう)に有利(ゆうり)な形(かたち)の選挙(せんきょ)区割(くわ)りをもくろんでいます。

Romanji

Chihō no tōintachi wa jitō ni yūrina katachi no senkyo kuwari o mokurondeimasu.

Words

地方 (ちほう)

district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

自党 (じとう)

the political party to which one belongs

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

有利 (ゆうり)

advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative

形 (かたち、よう)

form; shape; figure; visage

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

区割り (くわり)

demarcation; marking of boundaries

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

目論む (もくろむ)

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do