election
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
election/ɪˈlekʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a formal procedure whereby a person is elected, especially to a political office.
- 2 the action of electing or the fact of being elected.
'election' also found in these Oxford entries:
appointive
- blowout
- by-
- by-election
- call
- candidate
- carpetbagger
- carry
- conclave
- contest
- country
- cumulative voting
- declaration
- declare
- deposit
- deselect
- electioneer
- elective
- elector
- electoral college
- electoral roll
- electorate
- fatigue
- fever
- field
- floating voter
- Gallup poll
- general election
- hustings
- lame duck
- landslide
- lection
- mandate
- nominate
- nominative
- OK
- pocket borough
- poll
- primary
- put
- re-elect
- re-eligible
- returning officer
- running mate
- safe seat
- scrutineer
- slate
- stalking horse
- stand
