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Meanings of bye-election in English

A special election between regular elections.

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Examples for "by-election"
Examples for "by-election"
1
The government lost its majority late last year after losing a by-election.
Radio NZ
2
The Electoral Commissioner said the new changes worked well during the by-election.
Radio NZ
3
There were no great shocks in the Tipperary South by-election result yesterday.
The Irish Times
4
Mrs Goodman said a by-election would remove the issue of vote splitting.
Radio NZ
5
He said the by-election result had implications that went beyond the electorate.
Radio NZ
Usage of bye-election in English
1
Advice to those about to enter Parliament: Elect for a bye-election.
Without Prejudice
2
For a Cabinet Minister, defeated at a bye-election, a seat must be found.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
3
Campaigning in the north-speaking at a bye-election-lecturingfor the suffrage.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
4
On the other hand, a defeat at a bye-election equals a victory at a general.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
5
Better almost to be beaten at a bye-election than to be successful at a General.
Without Prejudice
6
The Government Council shall then immediately order a bye-election.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
7
We shall have a bye-election-thevery last thing desirable.
Denzil Quarrier
8
Have you heard the result of the bye-election?
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
9
A bye-election took place in North Roscommon.
Ireland Since Parnell
10
Harcourt and Cardwell were returned; but immediately afterwards Cardwell was raised to the peerage, and a bye-election ensued.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography
11
You don't want the bother and expense of a bye-election (approving murmurs) if it can be avoided.
The New Machiavelli
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.
Prime Ministers and Some Others: A Book of Reminiscences
13
Wherever the single transferable vote has been adopted bye-elections have been retained.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
14
It was a sample of all the other bye-elections in 1892.
The Life Story of an Old Rebel
15
The shortening of parliaments would destroy what little value bye-elections possess.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
16
This possible injustice is avoided in the list systems by the abolition of bye-elections.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
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