By-election Definition

bīilekzhən
by-elections
noun
by-elections
A special election held in the interval between regular elections, esp. one held to fill a vacancy in the British House of Commons.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • bye-election

Other Word Forms of By-election

Noun

Singular:
by-election
Plural:
by-elections

Origin of By-election

  • From by- +‎ election.

    From Wiktionary

By-election Sentence Examples

  • Following Oli's victory, Hartlepool Respect are meeting on Friday evening to select a candidate to stand in the forthcoming by-election.

  • The victims from both sides of the community in South Armagh wish him every success in the upcoming by-election.

  • It will be only the third postal by-election ever held in Scotland.

  • They were within 100 votes of winning Village ward, also in Barking, in a subsequent council by-election.

  • The BNP fared far worse in an Ashfield council by-election in Hucknall West ward on the same day.

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