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)
   "The concept of election is central to Calvinist theology"

Derived forms: elections

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

Encyclopedia: Election, 2012