by-election
or bye-e·lec·tion
a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
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How to use by-election in a sentence
Suu Kyi herself fought a by-election last April; she and dozens of her party colleagues were elected in remarkably fair elections.
Burma’s Spring Turns Deadly as Riots Shake the Town of Meiktila | Peter Popham | March 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe UK Conservatives finished a humiliating third in a by-election yesterday.
George Galloway has returned to Parliament, winning a by-election in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Serjeant Glynn, well known as the advocate of Wilkes, was afterwards elected as second member for Middlesex at a by-election.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonIt would mean a by-election in Bethnal Green, where he comes from.
In 1903 he was defeated as Liberal candidate for parliament at a by-election at Rochester.
A little later I was to speak somewhere in the North of England at a by-election in support of the party candidate.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeTo my great relief the Wymington committee have adopted Dale as their candidate at the by-election.
Simon the Jester | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for by-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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