general election
English
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Noun
[edit]general election (plural general elections)
- An election following the regular procedure to elect officers in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a region or nation.
- In the United States, general elections occur every two years, with the quadrennial presidential elections distinguished from the midterm elections between them.
- 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 31:
- With a General Election under two years away (and if, by then, the Plan for Rail had already begun to be implemented), would it be efficient or worth implementing Labour's full nationalisation should it form a government?
- 2026, Office of the Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate's Guide to the General Election: November 3, 2026", p. 1:
- The general election is held in even-numbered years to elect federal and state officers, county and township officers, and other officers as provided by law. It is also held to decide public measures at the city and county level and vote on constitutional amendments.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of erection.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (type of election): primary election (intraparty elections to decide general election candidates), special election (irregular elections to fill specific vacancies)
Translations
[edit]election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation
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Further reading
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general election on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Eric Partridge (2005), “general election”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 853.
