election
- n a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
the results of the election will be announced tonight - n the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
her election of medicine as a profession - n the status or fact of being elected
they celebrated his election - n the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
election commission
- n a commission delegated to supervise an election
election day
- n the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
election district
- n one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
election fraud
- n misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election
electioneering
- n persuasion of voters in a political campaign
- n the campaign of a candidate to be elected
- v work actively for a political candidate or a party
My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign