to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

to choose / to select

to be elected; to be selected

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

general election

to filter

choice of person / candidate

to take part in an election / to run for office

to be included among those selected for

to elect / to choose

to select very carefully

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

to select; to pick

to select (one or more options from a list) / to check (a box)

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

reelection / to reelect

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

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

by-election

primary election

compilation / selected works

candidate (attributive)

to pick / to choose / to select

preselection / short-listing / primary election

to buy votes (in an election)

to select / to sort out

universal suffrage

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

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

to be elected

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

to be chosen; to be selected

democratically elected

to select and edit / to compile

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

newly elected

to optimize / preferred

to decant / to strain off

presidential election

flotation process

to win an election

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

to select very carefully

(literary) a little while

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

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

available / optional

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

Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator

direct election

to vote by ballot

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

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