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the electorate
all the qualified voters considered as a group
constituency
one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in parliament
representative
sb who speaks or does sth for another person or group of people
constituents
the voters of a constituency
general election
an election at which all citizens of a country vote for people to represent them in national parliament
by-election
an election that is held to choose a member of parliament who has resigned suddenly or died
a leftwinger
a person who favours the left wing, the political parties working for more political change
a rightwinger
a person who favours the right wing, the parties opposing too much political change
a centrist
a person who favours neither left or right, but is moderate in politics
a moderate
a person whose opinion, esp. their political ones, are not extremer and are therefore acceptable to a large number of people
a reactionary
a very conservative person who is against changes in society and favours things as they are or were
a reformer
a person who wants to reform things, making things better by putting right what is not good enough
a liberal
a tolerant and open-minded person or member of the liberal party
party line
official view taken by a political party, which its members are supposed to support
a hardliner
a person who supports a strict, fixed set of ideas that are often extreme
call an election
to decide when the elections will be held
to stand (for sth) / to run (for sth)
to be a candidate in an election
to nominate sb
the person has been formally proposed as a candidate for a position
a rally
a large public meeting that is held in order to show support for a political party
to rally
to unite in order to support a political group
policies
a set of plans that is used as a basis for making decisions
a platform
the main policies and aims of a political party as stated before an election
an opinion poll
a survey in newspapers to test the popularity of the policies of different parties
polling day
the day appointed for election
the polls
a polling station
to cast oneās vote
to vote
ballot
the piece of paper used for voting
a high/low turn-out
the proportion of the electorate who actually vote at an election
to poll (a number of votes)
to receive a particular number of votes
to be outvoted
a candidate who wins more votes than another candidate
a landslide victory
a massive change of votes from one party to another or considerably increased majority
to hold office
to occupy a powerful position or role, esp.Ā in government
a term of office
the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office
a president-elect
the candidate who has been elected to be president
a mandate
the authority to carry out particular policies
to vote sb out
a political party or person has so few votes that they no longer hold the position of power they held before the elections. They lose their seat
to vote sb in
a political party or person has won enough votes for them to come into power or enter parliament
to split the vote
when anti-government votes are divided among rival opposition parties so that the government is re-elected
a minority government
a government that has fewer seats in a legislative assembly than the total number held by the opposition parties
a coalition
a temporary alliance between political parties in order to form a government
a hung parliament
when no single political party wins a majority in the House of Commons. It is also known as a situation of no overall control
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