Question

What are:

(i) elections
(ii) by-elections​

Answer 1

Answer:

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.

Answer 2

Election:

• The process through which people elect their representatives through casting their votes in a union, in an office, in a state or in a country is called an election.

By-election:

• When a candidate resigns, dies or when he or she is disqualified, re-election takes place in that constituency to fill up the vacant seat. This is called a by-election.

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