Definitions for by-election

by-election by-e·lec·tion

Spelling: [bahy-i-lek-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈbaɪ ɪˌlɛk ʃən/

By-Election is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 503 anagrams from letters in by-election (-bceeilnoty).

Definitions for by-election

noun

  1. a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.

Origin of by-election

First recorded in 1875-80; by- + election

Examples for by-election

Suu Kyi herself fought a by-election last April; she and dozens of her party colleagues were elected in remarkably fair elections.

This was in a by-election held at Cockermouth in August, 1906.

I only got rid of my by-election Blighters half an hour ago.

George Galloway has returned to Parliament, winning a by-election in Bradford, Yorkshire.

by-election after by-election had gone against Mr. Gladstones Government.

The Labour man has got in at the by-election for Barnside, my dear.

I smiled, though, when the hero was worsted in his by-election.

It would mean a by-election in Bethnal Green, where he comes from.

This by-election was held in the division of Mid-Devon, a stronghold of Liberalism.

The UK Conservatives finished a humiliating third in a by-election yesterday.

Word Value for by-election
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7

Words with friends

7

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