by-election
or bye-e·lec·tion
[bahy-i-lek-shuh n]
- a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
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Origin of by-election
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Examples from the Web for by-election
Contemporary Examples
Suu Kyi herself fought a by-election last April; she and dozens of her party colleagues were elected in remarkably fair elections.
The UK Conservatives finished a humiliating third in a by-election yesterday.
George Galloway has returned to Parliament, winning a by-election in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Historical Examples
The Labour man has got in at the by-election for Barnside, my dear.
The Silver Box (First Series Plays)John Galsworthy
It would mean a by-election in Bethnal Green, where he comes from.
By-election after by-election had gone against Mr. Gladstones Government.
Lord Randolph ChurchillWinston Spencer Churchill
I only got rid of my By-election Blighters half an hour ago.
A Case in CameraOliver Onions
This was in a by-election held at Cockermouth in August, 1906.
My Own StoryEmmeline Pankhurst
by-election
bye-election
- (in the United Kingdom and other countries of the Commonwealth) an election held during the life of a parliament to fill a vacant seat in the lower chamber
- (in the US) a special election to fill a vacant elective position with an unexpired term
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