electoral
adjUK /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/ · US /ɪˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/
Etymology From elector + -al.
1
Relating to or composed of electors.
2
Of, or relating to elections.
- Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.2016 August 31, Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Nationalism is the new normal in global politics”, in The National:
- Synonyms
- electorial
- Derived terms
- electoral base, electoral college, electoral district, electoral fraud, electoralism, electoralist, electorally, electoral observer, electoral register, electoral roll, electoral system, electoral tightening, electoral vote, nonelectoral, postelectoral