pre-election

British  

noun

1. existing or occurring before an election

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Example Sentences

By contrast, pre-election years, or the third year of a president’s term, historically have been the strongest of these four-year cycles, with average gains of roughly 17.2%, according to data compiled by Ned Davis Research.

From MarketWatch

A key aide to Aung San Suu Kyi was among hundreds of prisoners freed by the junta in a pre-election amnesty in November.

From Barron's

In addition to the currency swap, the Treasury also injected an estimated $2 billion to head off a pre-election run on the Argentine peso.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the idea leaves other Labour figures deeply nervous because it would amount to a spectacular breach of their pre-election promise, which ministers have repeated many times since.

From BBC

And this year it was not really a surprise when he squeezed a further pre-election visit to Geneva into his schedule just weeks before polling day.

From BBC