by-election

See also: byelection

English

Alternative forms

bye-election
byelection

Noun

by-election (plural by-elections)

A special election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.

Synonyms

(election between general elections): special election, bypoll

Translations

special election

Arabic: انتخابات تكميلية‎ m pl (intiḵābāt takmīlia)
Bengali: উপনির্বাচন (upnirbacôn)
Bulgarian: частични избори m pl (častični izbori)
Catalan: elecció parcial f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 補選 (bou² syun²)

Mandarin: 補選 (zh), 补选 (zh) (bǔxuǎn)
Czech: doplňovací volby m
Danish: suppleringsvalg n
Finnish: täydennysvaali
French: élection partielle f
German: Nachwahl f
Hebrew: בחירות ביניים‎ f pl (b'khirót beinayim)
Hindi: उपचुनाव m (upcunāv)
Hungarian: pótválasztás
Indonesian: pemilihan umum sela
Irish: fothoghchán m
Italian: elezioni suppletive f pl, elezioni supplementari f pl

Japanese: 補欠選挙 (ほけつせんきょ, hoketsu senkyo)
Korean: 재보궐선거 (jaebogwolseon-geo)
Malay: pilihan raya kecil
Norwegian:
Bokmål: suppleringsvalg n

Nynorsk: suppleringsval n
Persian: انتخابات میان‌دوره‌ای‎ (fa) (entexâbât miyândorâhi)
Polish: wybory uzupełniające
Portuguese: eleição suplementar f
Scottish Gaelic: frith-thaghadh m, fo-thaghadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори m pl

Roman: dòpunskī ìzbori m pl
Spanish: elección parcial f
Swedish: fyllnadsval c
Turkish: ara seçim (tr)
Urdu: ضمنی انتخابات‎ m pl (zemni intiḵābāt)

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