Election

The act of choosing; choice; selection.

The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.

Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.

Discriminating choice; discernment.

Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.

The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

Those who are elected.

the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)

the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"