Definitions for élections
élec·tions

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1. elections

   An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results). Election is the fact of electing, or being elected. To elect means "to select or make a decision", and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.

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1. electionsnoun

   Plural noun of election.

   The government held the mid term elections during the autumn each governmental term.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 2, 2016  

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'élections' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1743

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'élections' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2343

Anagrams for élections »

1. selection

How to pronounce élections?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of élections in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of élections in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of élections in a Sentence

1. Abe Rakov:

   What this has really highlighted is that there are probably a bunch of people in Florida who have been disenfranchised in past elections and didn't even know it, but now that this election is so close, and people are making sure that every eligible vote is being counted, it's being highlighted.

2. George Sarris:

   It took three years for the country to come close to turning around, after the January 25 elections it all went downhill. Now things are bleak. For me, there is no salvation here.

3. Bradley Tusk:

   Politicians will do whatever they can to remain in office, until we have radical turnout in elections, they're going to follow the orders of the 15 % on the right or the left and not the entire population.

4. Dmitry Gudkov:

   If we lose now, elections will cease to exist as a political instrument, what we're talking about is whether it's legal to participate in politics today in Russia, we're talking about the country we're going to live in.

5. Paul Barrett:

   If Russia, because of the incredibly high tensions created by the Ukraine invasion, seeks to lash out at the US by mucking up our midterm elections, one way they could do that is by hacking into Twitter, taking over accounts of prominent people, having them say divisive things and creating chaos the way Russians have shown they like to do.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections