See Also: election(medicine)
election(dictionary)
pre-election(dictionary)
election(encyclopedia)
by-election(dictionary)
by-election(dictionary)
election(dictionary)
general election(dictionary)
primary election(dictionary)
primary election(encyclopedia)

election (oh)



[C] when people vote to choose someone for an official position
::The Labour Party won the 2001 election by a huge majority.
:: Elections will be held on 14 February.
local/municipal/state/national election
::He will be fighting local elections next May.
presidential/mayoral/parliamentary etc election
::The next presidential election is due in two years.
stand for election BrE
::She was one of the first women to stand for election to parliament.
run for election
[singular] the fact of being elected to an official position
::Within three months of his election he was forced to resign.
sb's election to sth
::his election to Parliament
-see also general election