to take part in an election; to run for office

choice of person; candidate

to choose; to select

to be elected; to be selected

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

general election

to filter

to be included among those selected for

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

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

candidate (attributive)

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

primary election

to be chosen; to be selected

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

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

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

to optimize; preferred

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

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

available; optional

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

(literary) a little while

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

to select; to sort out

to elect; to choose

reelection; to reelect

compilation; selected works

newly elected

universal suffrage

Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Xuan3 ji2])

democratically elected

flotation process

to decant; to strain off

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

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

to select; to pick

direct election

to vote by ballot

to select and edit; to compile

to win an election

to be elected

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

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

by-election

to lose an election

to buy votes (in an election)

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