to choose / to select

to be elected; to be selected

to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

to lose an election

to be included among those selected for

to decant / to strain off

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

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

choice of person / candidate

to elect / to choose

to take part in an election / to run for office

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

general election

universal suffrage

to win an election

candidate (attributive)

primary election

to filter

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

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

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

preselection / short-listing / primary election

to optimize / preferred

to buy votes (in an election)

available / optional

(literary) a little while

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

presidential election

compilation / selected works

to be elected

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

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

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

newly elected

to select very carefully

direct election

to be chosen; to be selected

to vote by ballot

to select very carefully

to select; to pick

by-election

democratically elected

to select / to sort out

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

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

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

to pick / to choose / to select

flotation process

to select and edit / to compile

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