Ergänzungswahl
English translation: special election [to fill the vacancy]
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|  Selected response from: Ulrike Lieder (X) Local time: 11:53 | |||
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| na | special election [to fill the vacancy] |
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| na | Special election, by-election |
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| na | special election, by-election |
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special election [to fill the vacancy] Explanation: According Der grosse Eichborn this is a supplemental (BE) or special (US) election. HTH |
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Special election, by-election Explanation: Just a quick note to say that I agree with uel. At least in the U.S., special elections can be held for a variety of reasons, including to fill a vacancy created by extenuating circumstances. Sometimes they're used to vote on things like the terms of office of public officials. My Romain gives the term "by-election," which resulted in over 32,000 hits on the Northern Light search engine, one of which I listed below. All of the hits that I glanced at, 20 or so, showed by-election being used specifically to refer to filling vacancies. At the same time, all of those web references were for English-speaking countries other than the U.S., so your choice might depend on your audience and how specific you need to be. Reference: http://203.35.166.165/legalwords/html/000233.htm |
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special election, by-election Explanation: Note that "special election" is the American and "by-election" the British (or Commonwealth) term. |
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