Meanings
nounelection night (plural election nights)
plural election nights
- governmentThe evening after an election, during which the votes are being counted.
In Virginia, polls will close at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Voters will weigh in on all of the state’s 140 legislative contests Tuesday, and the winners of many will most likely be apparent before the end of election night.
2023 November 7, Alyce McFadden, “When Will We Have Election Results?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023
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