General election
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A General Election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. The term is generally used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.
The term originates in the United Kingdom general elections for the House of Commons.
See also: Japan general election, Irish general elections.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "General_election" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_election, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
