A by-election will be held in this constituency in a month's time.
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By-election
Synonyms for "by-election" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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41 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْتِخَابَات تَكْمِيلِيَّة noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Bengali
1 entries- উপনির্বাচন noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Bulgarian
1 entries- частични избори noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Catalan
1 entries- elecció parcial noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 補選 /补选 noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 補選 /补选 noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Czech
1 entries- doplňovací volby noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Danish
1 entries- suppleringsvalg noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Dutch
1 entries- tussentijdse verkiezing noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Finnish
1 entries- täydennysvaali noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
French
1 entries- élection partielle noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Georgian
1 entries- დამატებითი არჩევნები noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
German
2 entries- Ersatzwahl noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- Nachwahl noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Hebrew
1 entries- בחירות ביניים noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Hindi
1 entries- उपचुनाव noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Hungarian
1 entries- pótválasztás noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Indonesian
2 entries- pemilihan sela noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- pemilihan umum sela noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Irish
1 entries- fothoghchán noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Italian
2 entries- elezioni supplementari noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- elezioni suppletive noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Japanese
1 entries- 補欠選挙 noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Korean
1 entries- 재보궐선거 noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Malay
1 entries- pilihan raya kecil noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- suppleringsvalg noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- suppleringsval noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Persian
1 entries- انتخابات میاندورهای noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Polish
1 entries- wybory uzupełniające noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Portuguese
1 entries- eleição suplementar noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fo-thaghadh noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- frith-thaghadh noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dòpunskī ìzbori noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Spanish
1 entries- elección parcial noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Swedish
1 entries- fyllnadsval noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Turkish
1 entries- ara seçim noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Urdu
1 entries- ضمنی انتخابات noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Welsh
2 entries- etholiad achlysurol noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
- is-etholiad noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Yiddish
1 entries- בײַוואַלן noun (election to fill a vacant political office)
Sample sentences
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Coordinate term: general election
Source: wiktionary
In 2015, he was selected as candidate for that year's by-election for the Oldham West and Royton seat. He won with 62% of the vote.
Source: wiktionary
The ANC has accused the IFP of bussing in voters from other wards to vote during the recent Newcastle Municipality by-election won by the IFP.
Source: wiktionary
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