Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A special election held between general elections to fill a vacancy, as for a parliamentary seat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Great Britain, an election held to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
Wiktionary
- n. a special election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a special election between regular elections
Examples
“The reactions are typical for the perceived losers of a so-called by-election in South Korea, one held to fill vacant seats.”
The Wall Street Journal: Korea's Lee Mulls Shake Up After Election
“Ms. Clark has three months to call the by-election to fill the vacancy, but has said she wants to seek a seat in the legislature as soon as possible.”
“After being sworn in as Premier in March, Ms. Clark, returning to politics after a six-year absence, needed a seat and called a by-election for May 11 when Mr. Campbell stepped down in Vancouver-Point Grey, which he had represented since 1996.”
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper could at any time call a by-election in the riding of Toronto-Danforth which was left vacant by the death of Jack Layton.”
“But Dundee Mayfield - won by the SNP from Labour on Thursday - was a really significant by-election - upon it lay the balance of power in one of Scotland's main cities.”
“I campaigned in the Monklands East by-election, back when the Blessed John Smith died and was succeeded by the not-so-very-blessed Helen.”
“With speculation gowing on Speaker Michael Martin's future, pundits have started to ponder the prospects of an early by-election in his Glasgow North East (Springburn) constituency”
“And all the media were ther, knew fine well about this key by-election.”
“Recognizing those changes, famed dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and her political party agreed on Friday to formally register with the government and contest an upcoming parliamentary by-election—a de facto recognition of the legitimacy of the new administration.”
“But my prediction about the Democrats holding on to the House in the by-election of 2010 was egregiously wrong.”
The Huffington Post: George Mitrovich: The Politics of 2012 Can Wait
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election phrases and words
how election is used,everything
to do with elections,synonymsgeneral election, election petition, election of clerk, election-vote, election fever, election expenses, election district, election-monger, election-mad, election-dust, election-committee, election dinner and 151 more...
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EU - Eurovoc - politics
absolute majority, absolute monarchy, abstentionism, access to informa..., acquisition of arms, action brought be..., action for annulment, action to establi..., ad hoc committee, adjournment, adjournment motion, administration and 965 more...
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POL - elections
absentee ballot, affiliate, allegiance, announcement of c..., ballot, ballot box, ballot initiatives, ballot paper, barnstorming speech, bias, block vote, campaign ad and 930 more...
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POL - collocations with "election"
supervise an elec..., steal an election, statewide election, stake of the elec..., scheduled election, run-up to the ele..., special election, schedule an election, provincial election, primary election, oversee the election, nonpartisan election and 153 more...
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