by-election
Mid-term seat filler
A by-election is a special election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections, typically due to a legislator's death, resignation, or removal from office.
The term is used primarily in parliamentary systems like those of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
The party lost the by-election in a district they had held for decades.
In American English, the equivalent term is usually special election.
Voting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- pollGathering of opinions
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- candidatePerson seeking selection
polling · suffrage · referendum · plebiscite · hustings · electioneering · campaign · nomination
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- deathCessation of life
- recallMemory retrieval act
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- departureAct of going away
seat · opening · triggering · expulsion · abdication · impeachment · removal · unseating
One who replaces another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- incomingMoving toward arrival
- winnerOne who prevails
victor · elect · appointee · representative · changeover · handover · transition
Limited in duration
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- transitionalConnecting two phases
- caretakerOne who maintains property
short-term · placeholder · bridging · interregnum · holding · fill-in · stand-in · ad-hoc
ballot
Voting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- pollGathering of opinions
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
candidate · polling · suffrage · referendum · plebiscite · hustings · electioneering · campaign · nomination · manifesto
resignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- deathCessation of life
- recallMemory retrieval act
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
departure · seat · opening · triggering · expulsion · abdication · impeachment · removal · unseating
successor
One who replaces another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- incomingMoving toward arrival
winner · victor · elect · appointee · representative · changeover · handover · transition
temporary
Limited in duration
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- transitionalConnecting two phases
caretaker · short-term · placeholder · bridging · interregnum · holding · fill-in · stand-in · ad-hoc · acting
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- Canadian GovernmentHouse of Commons, Senate, Prime Minister, federal government, parliamentary democracy
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- Provincial Politicspremier, legislature, MLA, riding, bill
- UK electionsballot, candidate, ballot box, constituency, MP
- Pakistani PoliticsNational Assembly, Prime Minister, federal government, provincial government, local government
by-electiongeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
parliamentary election · federal election · presidential election · midterm election · state election
election, electoral, elections, electorate, reelection, electorally, primary election, general election, re-elect