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

   US English

   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. Andre Bakhos:

   We are seeing heightened nervousness over the Greek elections and the policies that could make or break its EU membership, in addition, the Chinese economic data disappointed and added to the economic global weakness we have been seeing.

2. Jason Grenn:

   Alaskans are a pretty savvy bunch. We've elected independent governors ; US senators with a write-in campaign. We're used to elections looking a little bit different than most places.

3. Valentin Marinov:

   Many positives are in the price of the pound and this is reflected in market positioning as well as FX valuation, there has been little focus on downside risks like the loss of the GBP vaccine advantage in recent weeks, the May 6 Scottish elections, as well as the potential for a renewed weakness of global risk sentiment in May and June because of a renewed spike in UST yields on the back of strong US data.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   Obamacare has been a huge issue in four straight elections -- 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, the American people have given us an opportunity to govern. We're no longer just floating ideas ... we have an obligation now to the American people to deliver a replacement for Obamacare that is better than the status quo.

5. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   The magnitude of Turkey’s social earthquake is much greater than that of the tectonic one, there is a tug of war between the government and the opposition, and it seems that the winner is going to be unknown until the very end of the elections.

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References

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