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electoral

UK/ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl//ɪˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/

electoral adjective: relating to or composed of electors.

Adjective

electoral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or composed of electors.
  2. Of, or relating to elections.
    • Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.2016 August 31, Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Nationalism is the new normal in global politics”, in The National

electoral meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

electoral in Urdu

انتخابی

electoral in Bengali

নির্বাচনী, নির্বাচন সংক্রান্ত, নির্বাচক সংক্রান্ত

electoral in Kannada

ಮತದಾರರ, ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಹಕ್ಕುಳ್ಳ

Examples of electoral in a sentence

  • His electoral "campaign" to date has included attempts to trump up criminal charges against his opponents.
  • The Republicans were bubbling under in the area, waiting for an electoral break.
  • He ultimately came out on top after some initial loses in the first few electoral contests.

All 40 example sentences with electoral

Synonyms of electoral

Origin of electoral

From elector + -al.

Words formed from electoral

Phrases with electoral

Questions about electoral

What does electoral mean?
Electoral means relating to or composed of electors.
What is electoral in Urdu?
Electoral in Urdu is انتخابی. See Electoral meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is electoral?
Electoral is an adjective.
How do you pronounce electoral?
Electoral is pronounced /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/ (UK).

Words near electoral in the dictionary

  1. electocracies
  2. electocracy
  3. elector
  4. elector's cap
  5. elector's caps
  6. electoral
  7. electoral base
  8. electoral bases
  9. electoral college
  10. electoral colleges
  11. electoral district

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: electoral (page history and authors); electoral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); electoral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); electoral (Kannada 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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