electoral
Other forms: electorally
The adjective electoral describes anything having to do with elections. When people talk about "electoral reform," they're referring to changing the way political elections work.
When you see the word electoral, you can be sure that the subject is politics and elections. An electoral district, for example, is a specific geographic area that elects a representative or has its votes counted separately, and electoral fraud means rigging votes or interfering with the process of an election. Electoral comes from the noun elector, or "voter in an election." In Latin, it means "chooser or selector," from the root eligere, "select."
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of or relating to elections“electoral process”
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relating to or composed of electors
/əˈlɛkɾoʊrəl/
/ɛlɛkˈtəʊrəl/
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