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bypoll

bypoll noun: synonym of by-election.

Noun

bypoll (plural bypolls)

  1. (India) Synonym of by-election.
    • This was perhaps her expression of gratitude for the GJMM on the latter's support for the Trinamool candidate in the Rajgunj assembly bypoll.2012, Romit Bagchi, Gorkhaland: Crisis of Statehood, →ISBN
    • Yet the ruling party has been able to win the Howrah bypoll comfortably.2015, Sudip Bhattacharyya, Over The Years:, page 122
    Synonyms:
    by-election

bypoll meaning in Tamil

bypoll in Tamil

இடைத்தேர்தல்

Examples of bypoll in a sentence

  • Sawant is the widow of former MLA Bala Sawant who died sometime back and due to this this bypoll was held.2016, Manish Verma, Current Affairs Manual 2016, →ISBN:
  • The extent of the DMK's alleged vote-buying in the 2009 Thirumangalam bypoll led to observers speaking of excessive cash distribution ahead of elections as the "Thirumangalam" model.2017, Milan Vaishnav -, When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics, →ISBN:

Synonyms of bypoll

Forms of bypoll

pluralbypolls
alternative formby-poll

Origin of bypoll

From by- + poll.

Questions about bypoll

What does bypoll mean?
Bypoll means synonym of by-election.
What is bypoll in Tamil?
Bypoll in Tamil is இடைத்தேர்தல். See Bypoll meaning in Tamil.
How do you use bypoll in a sentence?
Sawant is the widow of former MLA Bala Sawant who died sometime back and due to this this bypoll was held.
What part of speech is bypoll?
Bypoll is a noun.
What is the plural of bypoll?
The plural of bypoll is bypolls.

Words near bypoll in the dictionary

  1. bypaths
  2. byplace
  3. byplaces
  4. byplay
  5. byplays
  6. bypoll
  7. bypolls
  8. byproduct
  9. byproducts
  10. Byram
  11. Byram cum Sutton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bypoll (page history and authors); bypoll (Tamil 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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