by-elections
Mid-term seat contests
By-elections are elections held between regular general elections to fill a vacant seat in a legislative body.
The vacancy typically arises from a member's death, resignation, or disqualification.
Common in parliamentary systems like the UK and Canada: The party lost three by-elections this year.
Americans use the term special election for the same thing.
Exam at semester's middle
- snap pollImpromptu opinion sampling
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
- seatPlace for sitting
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
ballot · polling · voters · turnout · candidate · nomination · campaigning · hustings
Disturb, topple, or shock
- protest voteBallot expressing political dissatisfaction
- safe seatReliably won constituency
- marginalBarely adequate
- incumbentCurrent position holder
opposition · government · backbench · party · coalition · referendum · mandate · swing voter
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- deathCessation of life
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
- recallMemory retrieval act
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
scandal · expulsion · elevation · peerage · appointment · cabinet reshuffle · ill health · corruption
Positive return received
- holdMaintain in grasp
- lossBeing without something
- landslideMass of earth falling
- narrow victoryWin by small margin
hung · runoff · second round · recount · overturned · safe · contested · concession
midterm
Exam at semester's middle
constituency · ballot · polling · voters · turnout · candidate · nomination · campaigning · hustings · writ
upset
Disturb, topple, or shock
- protest voteBallot expressing political dissatisfaction
- safe seatReliably won constituency
- marginalBarely adequate
incumbent · opposition · government · backbench · party · coalition · referendum · mandate · swing voter · bellwether
resignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
disqualification · scandal · expulsion · elevation · peerage · appointment · cabinet reshuffle · ill health · corruption · misconduct
gain
Positive return received
narrow victory · hung · runoff · second round · recount · overturned · safe · contested · concession · victory speech
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- UK electionsballot, candidate, ballot box, constituency, MP
- Malaysian Politicsfederal government, DAP, Prime Minister, ministers, MPs
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
- British GovernmentHouse of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster, Whitehall, Downing Street
by-electionsgeneral elections
Nationwide selection of officials
general election · national elections · federal elections · parliamentary elections · presidential elections
by-election, election, elections, elect, elects, elected, electing, electable, unelectable