to choose / to select

to be elected; to be selected

to select; to pick / choice; option; alternative

athlete / contestant

to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

to elect / election / CL: 次, 個｜个

to be included among those selected for

to decant / to strain off

independent voter

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

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

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

indiscriminate

choice of person / candidate

to choose

to elect / to choose

to take part in an election / to run for office

option; alternative; choice / to choose a project

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

general election

universal suffrage

to win an election

candidate (attributive)

to pick out / to select / to elect

presidential election

to select the best

Miss World Beauty Pageant

candidate / CL: 名

primary election

election court

to filter

optional course (in school)

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

election partner / running mate

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

(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 / to choose / to settle on

Election Committee (Hong Kong)

to select and purchase / to buy

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

boxer

election assistant / running mate

election participant / candidate

natural selection

(computing) menu

voter / constituency / electorate

to assist in a candidate's election campaign (Tw)

selective / selectiveness / selectivity

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

preselection / short-listing / primary election

to optimize / preferred

voter registration

to cast actors for a film, play etc

to choose a side (in a conflict, debate or rivalry); to take sides

to buy votes (in an election)

to choose for some purpose / to select and use

beauty contest

to select courses

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

available / optional

(literary) a little while

(election) campaign

selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology

to have no other choice

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

reelection / to reelect

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

to select / to detail / to set apart / to appoint

to select / (computing) to click on (one of several options) / to navigate to (a webpage)

presidential election

multiple-choice question

legislative elections

chosen and called

compilation / selected works

to be elected

Electoral College (of the United States)

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

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

optional (equipment)

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

selected (for admission) / elected

suffrage

voter turnout

free agency

(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

a vote; ballot / CL: 張｜张

voter / elector

an excerpt / a digest

to select a suitable site / site / location

newly elected

(Tw) (computing) menu bar

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

talent show / talent competition

to select and send over

anthology

to select very carefully

direct election

beauty contest

to be chosen; to be selected

to vote by ballot