primary election

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primary election

noun primary elections

  1. A preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
  2. The first round of a two-round election.

    Similar: primary

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noun preliminary election to select a candidate

Españolprimarias, elecciones primarias
中文初選 /初选 chūxuǎn
DeutschVorwahl
Русскийпра́ймериз prájmɛriz, предварительные выборы predvaritelʹnyje vybory, внутрипартийные выборы vnutripartijnyje vybory

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@misc{primary_election_2026,
  title = {primary election},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/primary%20election},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}