Electioneering

Definition

election /Ç'lekʃn/ n [U, C] ေရြးခ်ယ္တင္ေျမႇာက္ပြဲ။ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲ။ In America, presidential elections are held every four years. ❍ They are having/holding an election in Hungary next month. ❍ He's standing for election. သူအေရြးခံ မယ္။ ❍ her election as leader ❍ an election campaign မဲဆြယ္ပြဲ။ ❍ the election results. See also BY-ELECTION, GENERAL ELECTION ❏ electioneering /Çlekʃǝ'nÇǝrÇŋ/ n [U] မဲဆြယ္ပြဲ။ မဲဆြယ္ စည္း႐ံုးေရးဆင္းျခင္း။

Examples

1. Only about 20% of the people voted in the local government elections.
2. [hold an election] : Is it really necessary to hold an election every three years?
3. [election to] : Elections to the European Parliament are due in May.
4. [election for] : She is standing for the first time in elections for the National Assembly.
5. [win/lose an election] : They have only recently won an election under his leadership.
6. [contest/fight an election] : The parties formed an alliance to contest the 1988 legislative elections.
7. With the election of a new leader
8. the country became relatively stable.
9. [election to] : A candidate for election to the Council
10. [election as] : His election as President will mean changes in foreign policy.
11. The presidential election campaign
12. Local election results
13. An election victory/defeat