electoral

See also: électoral

English

Etymology

From elector +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/, /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəl/, (uncommon) /ɪ.lɛkˈtɔɹ.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/, /əˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/; /ə.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/, /ˌɛ.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/, /ˌiː.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/

  • Audio (US):

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈlek.tə.ɹəl/, /əˈlek.tɹəl/

Adjective

electoral (not comparable)

1. Relating to or composed of electors.
2. Of, or relating to elections.
   • 2016 August 31, Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Nationalism is the new normal in global politics”, in The National‎^[1]:

     Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.

Synonyms

• electorial (uncommon)

Derived terms

• electoral base
• electoral college
• electoral district
• electoral fraud
• electoralism
• electoralist
• electorally
• electoral observer
• electoral register
• electoral roll
• electoral system
• electoral tightening
• electoral vote
• nonelectoral
• postelectoral

Translations

relating to or composed of electors

• Hungarian: választói (hu), szavazói, (specifically of the US board of electors) elektori (hu), (relating to Representatives) ^{(please verify)} képviselői (hu)

of, or relating to elections

• Armenian: ընտրական (hy) (əntrakan)
• Belarusian: вы́барчы (výbarčy), вы́барны (výbarny), абіра́льны (abirálʹny)
• Bulgarian: избира́телен (bg) (izbirátelen)
• Catalan: electoral (ca)
• Danish: valg- (the election), vælger- (the electorate), valgmands- (electoral college)
• Finnish: vaali- (fi)
• French: électoral (fr)
• Galician: electoral (gl)
• German: Wahl-
• Greek: εκλογικός (el) (eklogikós)
• Hungarian: választási (hu), választó- (hu), szavazó- (hu)
• Italian: elettorale (it)
• Ladin: litel
• Latin: comitiālis
• Polish: wyborczy (pl)
• Portuguese: eleitoral (pt)
• Romanian: electoral (ro)
• Russian: избира́тельный (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj), вы́борный (ru) (výbornyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзбо̄рнӣ, бѝра̄чкӣ

  Latin: ìzbōrnī (sh), bìrāčkī (sh)

• Spanish: electoral (es)
• Swedish: val- (the election), valmanna- (the electorate), valmans- (the electorate), elektors- (the electors), kurfurstlig (the prince-electors)
• Ukrainian: ви́борчий (uk) (výborčyj), обира́льний (obyrálʹnyj), ви́борний (výbornyj), ви́бірний (výbirnyj)

Anagrams

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Catalan

Etymology

From elector +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.lək.tuˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.lək.toˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.lek.toˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

electoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural electorals)

1. electoral

Further reading

• “electoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French électoral. By surface analysis, elector +‎ -al.

Adjective

electoral m or n (feminine singular electorală, masculine plural electorali, feminine/neuter plural electorale)

1. electoral

Declension

Declension of electoral

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	electoral		electorală		electorali	electorale
	definite	electoralul		electorala		electoralii	electoralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	electoral		electorale		electorali	electorale
	definite	electoralului		electoralei		electoralilor	electoralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From elector +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleɡtoˈɾal/ [e.leɣ̞.t̪oˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: e‧lec‧to‧ral

Adjective

electoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural electorales)

1. electoral
   • 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Miles de migrantes, en su mayoría venezolanos que salieron de su país tras la crisis electoral desatada a finales de julio, partieron este domingo en una nueva caravana denominada “El Niño”, desde la frontera sur de México, con destino a Estados Unidos.

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Derived terms

• cabina electoral
• censo electoral
• colegio electoral
• cuerpo electoral
• distrito electoral
• electoralismo
• electoralista
• electoralmente
• fraude electoral
• impuesto electoral
• jornada electoral
• mesa electoral
• padrón electoral
• poselectoral
• sistema electoral

Further reading

• “electoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025