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by-election
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun by-election has 1 sense
- by-election(n = noun.act) bye-election - a special election between regular elections; Array is a kind of election
CIDE DICTIONARY
by-election, n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
by-election, n. the election of an MP in a single constituency to fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office.
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