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by-e⋅lec⋅tion

  [bahy-i-lek-shuhn]
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–noun
a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
Also, bye-e⋅lec⋅tion.

Origin:
1875–80; by- + election
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