Dictionary definition for: Election
1. (n) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
2. (n) the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
3. (n) the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
4. (n) the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
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