to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

athlete / contestant

to select; to pick / choice; option; alternative

to choose / to select

(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)

to be elected; to be selected

to elect / election / CL: 次, 個｜个

to select the best

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

to choose for some purpose / to select and use

option; alternative; choice / to choose a project

to filter

to be included among those selected for

choice of person / candidate

to take part in an election / to run for office

to elect / to choose

voter / constituency / electorate

general election

candidate / CL: 名

to select; to choose; to decide on

candidate (attributive)

available / optional

first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations

to choose by oneself / free to choose / optional / self-service

excerpt / selection (from a book) / to select / to choose an extract

to select courses

primary election

to select talented individuals / (sports) draft

to choose

carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow

seed selection / breeding

to optimize / preferred

to pick out / to select / to elect

to select / to choose / to settle on

to select; to pick

to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

to select a suitable site / site / location

to pick / to choose / to select

flotation process

to select / to sort out

selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology

to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

a vote; ballot / CL: 張｜张

to select and send over

reelection / to reelect

universal suffrage

to select and edit / to compile

to choose an appropriate location

democratically elected

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

an excerpt / a digest

by-election

to buy votes (in an election)

chosen and called

to be chosen; to be selected

selected (for admission) / elected

Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集｜毛泽东选集)

to run for election / to be selected; to be elected

to cast actors for a film, play etc

product selection

(old) to select talented scholars for government service (through exams etc) / (Zhou dynasty) distinguished individuals selected and recommended from various regions to the central government

optional (equipment)

to win an election

to have no other choice

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

presidential election

the state of play in an election; the current state of a candidate's campaign

selective listening (linguistics)

to decant / to strain off

to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition

(software) menu

selective / selectiveness / selectivity

to be elected

beauty contest

seeded player

natural selection

presidential election

voter / elector

talent show / talent competition

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東｜广东

direct election

check box

election participant / candidate

to select very carefully

voter registration

(literary) a little while

competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)

election partner / running mate

voter turnout

non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election

free agency

Electoral College (of the United States)

indirect election

multiple-choice question

to select very carefully

to withdraw from an election / to drop out of an elective course

indiscriminate

Miss World Beauty Pageant