by-election

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
by-election
    n 1: a special election between regular elections [syn: {by-
         election}, {bye-election}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
By-election \By"-e*lec"tion\, n.
   An election held by itself, not at the time of a general
   election.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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