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general election en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. An election following the regular procedure to elect officers in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a region or nation.
   • The general election is held in even-numbered years to elect federal and state officers, county and township officers, and other officers as provided by law. It is also held to decide public measures at the city and county level and vote on constitutional amendments. 2026, Office of the Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate's Guide to the General Election: November 3, 2026", p. 1
   • With a General Election under two years away (and if, by then, the Plan for Rail had already begun to be implemented), would it be efficient or worth implementing Labour's full nationalisation should it form a government? 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 31:
   • In the United States, general elections occur every two years, with the quadrennial presidential elections distinguished from the midterm elections between them.
2. (Cockney, slang) Synonym of erection.

Forms

Coordinates

special election (type of election) · primary election (type of election)

Synonyms

erection

Translations (41)

fi parlamenttivaalit (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · fi eduskuntavaalit (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · nl algemene verkiezingen (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ko 총선 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ka საყოველთაო არჩევნები (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · vi tổng tuyển cử (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ur عام انتخابات (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ga olltoghchán (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · fr élections générales (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ca elecció general (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ja 総選挙 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · sh о̏пћӣ ѝзбори (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · sh ȍpćī ìzbor (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · pt eleição geral (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · fa انتخابات سراسری (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ms pilihan raya umum (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · cmn 大選 /大选 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · sw uchaguzi mkuu (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · pl wybory powszechne (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · si මහා මැතිවරණ (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ro alegeri generale (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ar انتخابات عامة (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · eo ĝenerala balotado (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · de allgemeine Wahlen (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ko 총선거 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · tr genel seçim (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · da parlamentsvalg (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · sv allmänt val (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · jv pilihan umum (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · yue 大選 /大选 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · it elezioni generali (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · ru всео́бщие вы́боры (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · kn ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆ (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · gl elección xeral (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · cy etholiad cyffredinol (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · hu általános választás (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · nan-hbl 大選 /大选 (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · id pemilihan umum (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · nn parlamentsval (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · th การเลือกตั้งทั่วไป (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation) · nb parlamentsvalg (election held in all or most constituencies within a region or nation)