byelection
Mid-term seat contest
A byelection is an election held between general elections to fill a vacancy in a legislative body, typically caused by death, resignation, or disqualification of the sitting member: The party lost the byelection in a district they'd held for decades.
Spelled by-election or bye-election in British usage, special election in American English.
Person seeking selection
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- turnoutNumber attending an event
nomination · majority · swing · incumbent · challenger · campaign · debate · platform
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- representativeOne who acts for another
- democracyRule by the people
- governmentAuthority over a state
party · opposition · backbencher · MP · riding · ward · safe seat · marginal
What takes another's place
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- deathCessation of life
- recallMemory retrieval act
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
seat · departure · opening · filling · succession · abdication · expulsion · scandal
Limited in duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- actingTemporarily holding position
interregnum · pro tem · bridging · placeholder · short-term · transitory · stand-in · gap
candidate
Person seeking selection
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
turnout · nomination · majority · swing · incumbent · challenger · campaign · debate · platform · manifesto
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- representativeOne who acts for another
- democracyRule by the people
government · party · opposition · backbencher · MP · riding · ward · safe seat · marginal · midterm
replacement
What takes another's place
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- deathCessation of life
- recallMemory retrieval act
disqualification · seat · departure · opening · filling · succession · abdication · expulsion · scandal · removal
temporary
Limited in duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- caretakerOne who maintains property
acting · interregnum · pro tem · bridging · placeholder · short-term · transitory · stand-in · gap · pause
- Provincial Politicspremier, legislature, MLA, riding, bill
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, vote, debate
byelectiongeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
federal election · parliamentary election · presidential election · midterm election · midterm elections
election, elect, elects, elected, electing, elector, electors, electoral, electorate