1. [noun] A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
2. [noun] The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
3. [noun] (archaic) Any conscious choice.
4. [noun] (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
5. [noun] (obsolete) Those who are elected.
6. [noun] A vote to select the winner of a position or political office; 'the results of the election will be announced tonight'.
7. [noun] The act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; 'her election of medicine as a profession'.
8. [noun] The status or fact of being elected; 'they celebrated his election'.
9. [noun] The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists).
