by-election
by-election noun: an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
Noun
by-election (plural by-elections)
- An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
- Coordinate term: general election
- In 2015, he was selected as candidate for that year's by-election for the Oldham West and Royton seat. He won with 62% of the vote.2020 June 17, Jim McMahon tells Richard Clinnick, “Stepping out of the shadows”, in Rail, page 39
- Synonyms:
- bypoll, special election
by-election meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
by-election in Hindi
- election to fill a vacant political office
- उपचुनाव upcunāv
by-election in Tamil
- இடைத் தேர்தல்
by-election in Urdu
- election to fill a vacant political office
- ضمنی انتخابات zimnī intixābāt
by-election in Bengali
- election to fill a vacant political office
- উপনির্বাচন uponirbacon
More languagesFewer languages
- by-election in Malayalam
- ഇടക്കാലതിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ്
- by-election in Arabic
- اِنْتِخَابَات تَكْمِيلِيَّة intiḵābāt takmīliyya
- by-election in Malay
- pilihan raya kecil
- by-election in Indonesian
- pemilihan sela, pemilihan umum sela
- by-election in Persian
- انتخابات میاندورهای entexâbât miyândorâhi
Synonyms of by-election
Forms of by-election
| plural | by-elections |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bye-election |
| alternative form | byelection |
Origin of by-election
From by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) + election.
Questions about by-election
- What does by-election mean?
- By-election means an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
- What is by-election in Hindi?
- By-election in Hindi is उपचुनाव (upcunāv). See By-election meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is by-election?
- By-election is a noun.
- What is the plural of by-election?
- The plural of by-election is by-elections.
Words near by-election in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: by-election (page history and authors); by-election (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); by-election (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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