…a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands…
…the choice expressed collectively by a body of electors or by a specified group…
…a parliamentary division in which members vote according to their own beliefs rather than following a party policy…
…(in South Asia) a group of people who can be relied upon to vote together in support of the same party…
…a vote proportional in power to the number of people a delegate represents, used particularly at a trade-union conference…
…a vote taken by noting the relative strength and volume of calls of aye and no…
…an extra vote given by a chairperson to decide an issue when the votes on each side are equal…
…(in the US) a vote cast by a member of the electoral college…
…an electoral system whereby voters rank candidates in order of preference. In the event that one candidate fails to achieve a sufficient majority, the candidate with the fewest number of first-preference rankings is eliminated and these votes redistributed, the process being repeated until one candidate achieves the required majority…
…vote for candidates of more than one party…
…(of a candidate or minority party) attract votes from another candidate or party with the result that both are defeated by a third…
…a vote showing that a majority continues to support the policy of a leader or governing body…
…a vote showing that a majority does not support the policy of a leader or governing body…
…indicate an opinion by being present or absent…
…an electoral system of proportional representation in which a person’s vote can be transferred to a second or further competing candidate (according to the voter’s stated order of preference) if the candidate of first choice is eliminated during a succession of counts or has more votes than are needed for election…
…dismiss or reject someone or something as unsatisfactory…
