Meanings
adjectiveelectoral (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to or composed of electors.
- not comparableOf, or relating to elections.
Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.
2016 August 31, Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Nationalism is the new normal in global politics”, in The National
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Origin
- Englishelector
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishelectoral
Translations
Bulgarian избира́телен
- избира́телен (izbirátelen)of, or relating to elections
Catalan electoral
- electoralof, or relating to elections
Danish valg-, vælger-
- valg-of, or relating to elections
- vælger-of, or relating to elections
- valgmands-of, or relating to elections
Finnish vaali-
- vaali-of, or relating to elections
French électoral
- électoralof, or relating to elections
German Wahl-
- Wahl-of, or relating to elections
Greek εκλογικός
- εκλογικός (eklogikós)of, or relating to elections
Hungarian választói, szavazói
- választóirelating to or composed of electors
- szavazóirelating to or composed of electors
- elektorirelating to or composed of electors
- választásiof, or relating to elections
- választó-of, or relating to elections
- szavazó-of, or relating to elections
Italian elettorale
- elettoraleof, or relating to elections
Latin comitiālis
- comitiālisof, or relating to elections
Polish wyborczy
- wyborczyof, or relating to elections
Portuguese eleitoral
- eleitoralof, or relating to elections
Romanian electoral
- electoralof, or relating to elections
Russian избира́тельный, вы́борный
- избира́тельный (izbirátelʹnyj)of, or relating to elections
- вы́борный (výbornyj)of, or relating to elections
Spanish electoral
- electoralof, or relating to elections
Swedish val-, valmanna-
- val-of, or relating to elections
- valmanna-of, or relating to elections
- valmans-of, or relating to elections
- elektors-of, or relating to elections
- kurfurstligof, or relating to elections
Ukrainian ви́борчий, обира́льний
- ви́борчий (výborčyj)of, or relating to elections
- обира́льний (obyrálʹnyj)of, or relating to elections
- ви́борний (výbornyj)of, or relating to elections
- ви́бірний (výbirnyj)of, or relating to elections
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Cite this entry
APA
electoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral
MLA
“electoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electoral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electoral.
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