by-election

or bye-e·lec·tion

[ bahy-i-lek-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.

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

First recorded in 1875–80; by- + election

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.

Serjeant Glynn, well known as the advocate of Wilkes, was afterwards elected as second member for Middlesex at a by-election.

It 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.

To my great relief the Wymington committee have adopted Dale as their candidate at the by-election.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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