Election

Noun

 * 1) A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
 * 2) The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
 * 3) Any conscious choice.
 * 4)  In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.

Adjectives for Election
farcical; obligatory; fraudulent; ensuing; local; optional; subsequent; degrading; frank; popular; financial; municipal.

Verbs for Election
announce—; campaign for—; climax—; conduct—;  doom—;   gain—;   inveigh against—; merit—; nullify—; officiate at—; postpone—; propose—; revoke—; riot at—; stay—; swing—; —installs; —results in.

Thesaurus
accession, alternative, alternativity, anointing, anointment, apostolic orders, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, by-election, calling, canonization, caucus, choice, choosing, closed primary, co-optation, co-option, conferment, congressional election, consecration, contested election, coronation, decision, delegation, deputation, designation, determinism, direct primary, druthers, electing, empowerment, fatalism, first choice, free choice, free will, general election, holy orders, induction, installation, institution, investiture, legitimate succession, major orders, mandatory primary, minor orders, nomination, nonpartisan primary, open primary, option, optional primary, ordainment, orders, ordination, partisan election, pick, plebiscite, political election, poll, predestinarianism, predeterminism, preference, preference primary, preferment, preoption, presentation, presidential election, presidential preference primary, presidential primary, primary, primary election, reading in, referendum, runoff, runoff election, runoff primary, seizure, selection, succession, taking over, the pick, usurpation, volition, vote, voting, will

Etymology
From eleccioun:, from  election-, stem of electio:, from eligo:

Related terms

 * elect, elective, elector, electoral, electorate

Derived terms

 * by-election
 * election theft
 * electioneer
 * electioneering
 * election of remedies
 * general election
 * primary election

Translations

 * Arabic: ('intikhaab),
 * Asturian: eleicion
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, balotado
 * Finnish: vaali, vaalit (elections)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, εκλογές
 * Gujarati: ચૂંટણી
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 選挙 (せんきょ, senkyo), 選任 (せんにん, sennin), 選出 (せんしゅつ, senshutsu)
 * Kurdish:
 * Malayalam: തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (thiranjetuppu)
 * Persian: انتخابات
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: alegere
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: Izbori
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: зинтихобот
 * Telugu: ఎన్నిక


 * Esperanto: elektado


 * Romanian: alegere, selecție, desemnare