adj those who are elected.
2. election ·adj discriminating choice; discernment.
3. election ·adj the act of choosing; choice; selection.
4. election ·adj power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
5. election ·adj the choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
6. election ·adj divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation;
one of the "five points" of calvinism.
7. election ·adj 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.