by-election

noun

by-elec·tion ˈbī-ə-ˌlek-shən

variants or less commonly bye-election

: a special election held between regular elections in order to fill a vacancy

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Park was eventually removed from office and arrested in 2017, and the liberals easily won the presidency in a by-election as conservatives remained in disarray. —

Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 The Liberal Party has lost other by-elections over the course of the summer. —

Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024 But the media and public accused him of weak party management, and in parliamentary by-elections in April, the LDP lost all three seats being contested in what was viewed as punishment by voters. —

Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024 In February, the Workers Party of Britain leader, George Galloway, won a by-election in Rochdale by targeting Muslim voters, standing on an overtly pro-Palestinian platform. —

Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for by-election