by-poll

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English

Noun

by-poll (plural by-polls)

  1. Alternative form of bypoll
    • 2006, Data India - Issues 27-52, page 978:
      EC also served a notice on Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti for meeting with teachers and seeking support for his party's candidate for a by-poll in that state.
    • 2007, Braja Bihārī Kumāra, Problems of Ethnicity in the North-East India, →ISBN, page 74:
      The CEC had the matter enquired and made a press statement that the electoral rolls of Mangaldoi had to be revised before going for the by-poll.
    • 2009, Ajoy Bose, Behenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati:
      He was given the BSP ticket for the by-poll and the Muslim aristocrat's contest against the Samajwadi Party candidate became a prestigious tussle between the two parties which would signify who had more clout with the minority community.