Elections by type

process in which voters in an election do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect persons who will then make the choice; e.g. in Germany, voters elect Landtag, who elect the state government, which appoints its members to Bundesrat

election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen

election in which people vote directly for the person that they want elected to a political position

A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.

election of any head of state whose official title is president

election which is free of coercion and fraud

type of election where the people can elect their representatives in the middle of the term of the executive or of another set of members

election that occurs on a set date