to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

athlete / contestant

to select; to pick / choice; option; alternative

to choose / to select

to be elected / to be selected

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

to elect / election / CL: 次, 個｜个

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

to select the best

to be included among those selected for

to choose for some purpose / to select and use

choice of person / candidate

option; alternative; choice / to choose a project

to filter

to elect / to choose

to take part in an election / to run for office

voter / constituency / electorate

general election

candidate / CL: 名

to optimize / preferred

to select and purchase / to buy

to select; to choose; to decide on

available / optional

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

to select / to choose / to settle on

beauty contest

candidate (attributive)

to choose

anthology

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

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

to select courses

primary election

to select and edit / to compile

direct election

to select talented individuals / (sports) draft

to select; to pick

electoral district / constituency

compilation / selected works

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

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

seed selection / breeding

to select a suitable site / site / location

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

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

a vote; ballot / CL: 張｜张

to choose an appropriate location

to pick out / to select / to elect

to pick / to choose / to select

flotation process

preselection / short-listing / primary election

to select / to sort out

reelection / to reelect

by-election

anthology / selected works

to vote by ballot

to select and send over

selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology

(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

universal suffrage

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

an excerpt / a digest

to buy votes (in an election)

chosen and called

selected (for admission) / elected

optional (equipment)

check box

to cast actors for a film, play etc

selective / selectiveness / selectivity

product selection

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

selected outstanding scholars (in former times) / cream of the crop

election campaign

to win an election

to decant / to strain off

election partner / running mate

selective listening (linguistics)

(software) menu

to be elected

to select

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

multiple-choice question

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

direct election

to select very carefully

presidential election

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

indiscriminate

Miss World Beauty Pageant

to be chosen; to be selected

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

collaborative filtering

to have no other choice

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

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

to select very carefully

election participant / candidate

voter turnout

discard eligible (Frame Relay) / DE

multiparty election