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

Derived forms: elections

Type of: choice, foreordination, option, pick, position, predestination, predetermination, preordination, selection, status, vote

Encyclopedia: Election, 2012