Definition of election Election

/ɪlɛˈkʃʌn/ - [ilekshun] - e•lec•tion

We found 20 definitions of election from 7 different sources.

What does election mean?

Noun Plural: elections
election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
		vote the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
		reelection election again; "he did not run for reelection"
		general election a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies
		primary election, primary a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
		by-election, bye-election a special election between regular elections
		runoff a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
election - the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
		choice, option, selection, pick the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
		co-optation, co-option the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
election - the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
election - the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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

election (a.)
The act of choosing; choice; selection.
election (a.)
The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
election (a.)
Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
election (a.)
Discriminating choice; discernment.
election (a.)
Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
election (a.)
The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
election (a.)
Those who are elected.

election
The act of selecting someone or something.
election
A process by which members of a population vote to choose a person to hold public office.

election
A periodical picnic for the American People. Held in booths, where the Voter puts in his ballot, and The Machine elects whatever it chooses. A day when the lowliest may make their mark and even beggars may ride; when the Glad Mit gets promiscuous and everything is full--particularly the lodging-houses.