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An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Coordinate term: general election
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bypoll, special election
Antonyms: none provided
a special election between regular elections
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bye-election
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: election
From by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) + election.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِنْتِخَابَات تَكْمِيلِيَّة
(intiḵābāt takmīliyya)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Bengali:
উপনির্বাচন
(uponirbacon)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Bulgarian:
частични избори
(častični izbori)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Catalan:
elecció parcial
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Chinese Cantonese:
補選 /补选
(bou2 syun2)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Chinese Mandarin:
補選 /补选
(bǔxuǎn)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Czech:
doplňovací volby
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Danish:
suppleringsvalg
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Dutch:
tussentijdse verkiezing
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Finnish:
täydennysvaali
— election to fill a vacant political office
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French:
élection partielle
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Georgian:
დამატებითი არჩევნები
(damaṭebiti arčevnebi)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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German:
Ersatzwahl
— election to fill a vacant political office
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German:
Nachwahl
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Hebrew:
בחירות ביניים
(b'khirót beinayim)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Hindi:
उपचुनाव
(upcunāv)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Hungarian:
pótválasztás
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Indonesian:
pemilihan sela
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Indonesian:
pemilihan umum sela
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Irish:
fothoghchán
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Italian:
elezioni suppletive
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Italian:
elezioni supplementari
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Japanese:
補欠選挙
(hoketsu senkyo)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Korean:
재보궐선거
(jaebogwolseon'geo)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Malay:
pilihan raya kecil
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Norwegian Bokmål:
suppleringsvalg
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
suppleringsval
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Persian:
انتخابات میاندورهای
(entexâbât miyândorâhi)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Polish:
wybory uzupełniające
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Portuguese:
eleição suplementar
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Scottish Gaelic:
frith-thaghadh
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Scottish Gaelic:
fo-thaghadh
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Serbo-Croatian:
до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Serbo-Croatian:
dòpunskī ìzbori
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Spanish:
elección parcial
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Swedish:
fyllnadsval
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Turkish:
ara seçim
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Urdu:
ضمنی انتخابات
(zimnī intixābāt)
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Welsh:
etholiad achlysurol
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Welsh:
is-etholiad
— election to fill a vacant political office
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Yiddish:
בײַוואַלן
(bayvaln)
— election to fill a vacant political office