election
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote.
Example
“The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.”
Other meanings
The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
“The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.”
An option that is selected.
“W-4 election”
Related words
- antielection
- byelection
- electionspeak
- nonelection
- postelection
- pseudoelection
- reelection
- subelection
- unelection
- by-election
- electioneer
- electioneering
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "eleccioun".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “election” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.