elections

n. time when people vote for a political candidate

n. choosing; voting for a political candidate

An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. This is the usual mechanism by which modern democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This is also typically the case in a wide range of other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. However, as Montesquieu points out in Book II, Chapter 2 of "The Spirit of Laws," in the case of elections in either a republic or a democracy, voters alternate between being the rulers of the country as well as being the subjects of the government, with the act of voting being the sovereign (or ruling) capacity, in which the people act as "masters" selecting their government "servants." Rather, the unique characteristics of democracies and republics is the recognition that the only legitimate source of power for government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" is the consent of the governed -- the people themselves.
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Noun
1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
(hypernym) vote
(hyponym) reelection
(derivation) elect
(class) poll
2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
(hypernym) choice, selection, option, pick
(hyponym) co-option, co-optation
3. the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
(hypernym) status, position
4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
(hypernym) predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination

n. elections, time when people vote for a political candidate; polling, voting

n. election, poll; voting; choice

The process through which citizens elect representatives to democratic institutions. EU citizenship confers the right to participate and vote in elections for the European Parliament and local municipal elections, no matter which Member State the citizen resides in. (See EU citizenship: Political rights)