by-election

See also: byelection

English

Alternative forms

• bye-election, byelection

Etymology

From by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) +‎ election.

Noun

by-election (plural by-elections)

1. An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.

   Synonyms: (India) bypoll, (Philippines, US) special election

   Coordinate term: general election

   • 2020 June 17, Jim McMahon tells Richard Clinnick, “Stepping out of the shadows”, in Rail, page 39:

     In 2015, he was selected as candidate for that year's by-election for the Oldham West and Royton seat. He won with 62% of the vote.

Translations

election to fill a vacant political office

• Arabic: اِنْتِخَابَات تَكْمِيلِيَّة m pl (intiḵābāt takmīliyya)
• Bengali: উপনির্বাচন (bn) (uponirbacon)
• Bulgarian: частични избори m pl (častični izbori)
• Catalan: elecció parcial f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 補選／补选 (bou² syun²)

  Mandarin: 補選／补选 (zh) (bǔxuǎn)

• Czech: doplňovací volby m
• Danish: suppleringsvalg n
• Finnish: täydennysvaali
• French: élection partielle f
• Georgian: დამატებითი არჩევნები (damaṭebiti arčevnebi)
• German: Nachwahl f
• Hebrew: בחירות ביניים f pl (b'khirót beinayim)
• Hindi: उपचुनाव m (upcunāv)
• Hungarian: pótválasztás (hu)
• Indonesian:pemilihan sela, pemilihan umum sela
• Irish: fothoghchán m
• Italian: elezioni suppletive f pl, elezioni supplementari f pl
• Japanese: 補欠選挙 (ja) (ほけつせんきょ, hoketsu senkyo)
• Korean: 재보궐선거 (jaebogwolseon'geo)
• Malay: pilihan raya kecil (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: suppleringsvalg n

  Nynorsk: suppleringsval n

• Persian: انتخابات میان‌دوره‌ای (fa) (entexâbât miyândorâhi)
• Polish: wybory uzupełniające
• Portuguese: eleição suplementar f
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-thaghadh m, fo-thaghadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори m pl

  Roman: dòpunskī ìzbori m pl

• Spanish: elección parcial f
• Swedish: fyllnadsval c
• Turkish: ara seçim (tr)
• Urdu: ضمنی انتخابات m pl (zimnī intixābāt)
• Welsh: isetholiad m
• Yiddish: בײַוואַלן (bayvaln)