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What is "general election"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
general election
noun
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▪ After the 1987 general election, Gould was considered Kinnock's natural successor.
▪ Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election, ill health forced his retirement in 1921.
▪ Anderson has no opposition on the general election ballot.
▪ Any party which failed to win a seat in a general election would be automatically dissolved.
▪ If Walden carries out his threat, the Tory government would fall, leading to a general election.
▪ With little pressure from that quarter for an early general election, Callaghan almost imperceptibly emerged with growing command.
Wiktionary
general election

n. An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation.

WordNet
general election

n. a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies

Wikipedia
General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.

In presidential systems, the term refers to a regularly scheduled election where both the president, and either " a class" of or all members of the national legislature are elected at the same time but sometimes refers to special elections held to fill prematurely vacated positions. A general election day may also include elections for local officials.

The term originates in the elections in the United Kingdom for the House of Commons.

General election (disambiguation)

A general election is a set of simultaneous elections that collectively determine the entire elected membership of a parliament.

General election may also refer to:
U.S. voting:

  • General election (U.S.), periodically scheduled election to single office
  • General election, biennial simultaneous elections to United States House of Representatives

Usage examples of "general election".

Liddle had, until the general election, been managing director of Draper’.

Meanwhile in Lawrence, Kansas, George Kimball (defense minister for the local White Panther party) has already won the Democratic primary -- running unopposed -- but he expects to lose the general election by at least ten to one.

Election results are from the Washington State General Election Final Report.

And yet, once again, Living History makes no mention at all of her role in the general election of 1996.

Then do your darnedest to get a satisfactory governor, state attorney general and county prosecuting attorney at the next general election in order to tie down your victory.

In the process, you antagonize the guy who ends up being the nominee, and then you can't get any work during the general election, which is where the big money gets spent.