Collocations for "election"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "election" in context.
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election
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [fair, rigged] election
- the election was rigged
- the [country's, nation's] first democratic election
- the election of [officers, members, directors]
- in the [2005] election
- a [close, landslide] election
- the presidential election
- hold a [general, special] election
- called a snap election
- are [campaigning, canvassing] for the elections
- didn't vote at the elections
- a [low, high] turnout [at, for] the elections
- the winner of the election
- in the [federal, state, national] election
- in the next election
- in the run-up to the election
- is running for election
'election' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affect
- alter
- aside
- ballot
- base
- bid
- campaign
- contest
- delegate
- dispute
- enthusiasm
- fair
- fix
- fudge
- hold
- impact
- interest
- labour
- landslide
- leaflet
- majority
- mandate
- outcry
- peaceful
- pocket
- poised
- poll
- press
- protest
- result
- return
- rig
- scrutiny
- sham
- significance
- snap
- special
- steal
- tamper
- tonight
- upcoming
- wake
- win
- withdraw