Definitions for elections
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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 'elections' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1743

2. Written Corpus Frequency

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

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How to pronounce elections?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elections in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elections in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of elections in a Sentence

1. Scott Huffmon:

   Oil companies are hesitant to invest in raising production and building new capacity because the administration has openly, openly indicated that it will be pushing Americans away from consuming fossil fuels. And that certainly has an impact on the future viability of the oil sector. And I think that's why we probably won't see much meaningful improvement. the party of the president traditionally loses seats in midterm elections. High prices at the pump can exacerbate anger at the ‘incumbent’ party.

2. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   The move to disqualify some 100 candidates, through an opaque and discriminatory process, risks undermining the confidence of the Burmese people and the international community in these elections, we urge the Burmese authorities to redouble their efforts to address these concerns and ensure that the upcoming elections constitute a step forward for the country.

3. South Sudan:

   We have had enough of him (Machar), we don't want to have another fight...We want the government of South Sudan to continue and we want our people to live in peace and harmony and Riek Machar to wait for elections. This is our position.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   What the Republicans are doing across the country is really a legislative continuation of what they did on Jan. 6, which is to undermine our democracy, to undermine the integrity of our elections, to undermine the voting power, which is the essence of a democracy.

5. Adam Schiff:

   We speed toward the 2020 elections in an environment in which there are new technologies like deepfakes that are potentially hugely disruptive, and even less attributable than a hacking and dumping operation, and we are not nearly as prepared as we should be.

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References

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