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Meanings of
bye-election
in English
A special election between regular elections.
by-election
Usage of
bye-election
in English
1
Advice to those about to enter Parliament: Elect for a
bye-election
.
2
For a Cabinet Minister, defeated at a
bye-election
,
a seat must be found.
3
Campaigning in the north-speaking at a
bye-election
-
lecturing
for
the suffrage.
4
On the other hand, a defeat at a
bye-election
equals a victory at a general.
5
Better almost to be beaten at a
bye-election
than to be successful at a General.
6
The Government Council shall then immediately order a
bye-election
.
7
We shall have a
bye-election
-
the
very
last thing desirable.
8
Have you heard the result of the
bye-election
?
9
A
bye-election
took place in North Roscommon.
10
Harcourt and Cardwell were returned; but immediately afterwards Cardwell was raised to the peerage, and a
bye-election
ensued.
11
You don't want the bother and expense of a
bye-election
(approving murmurs) if it can be avoided.
12
At a
bye-election
in the summer of 1847 he was returned, through the interest of his uncle the Duke of Devonshire, for Derby.
13
Wherever the single transferable vote has been adopted
bye-elections
have been retained.
14
It was a sample of all the other
bye-elections
in 1892.
15
The shortening of parliaments would destroy what little value
bye-elections
possess.
16
This possible injustice is avoided in the list systems by the abolition of
bye-elections
.
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bye-election
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
have a bye-election
remember the bye-election
Bye-election
through the time