special election
C8001
concept
A special election is an unscheduled vote held to fill a political office that has become vacant or to decide a specific issue before the next regular election.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| snap election | 7 |
| special election canonical | 2 |
| by-election | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: special election
Generated description
A special election is an unscheduled vote held to fill a political office that has become vacant or to decide a specific issue before the next regular election.
Instances (10)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| 2023 Spanish general election | snap election |
| 1989 Chicago mayoral special election | — |
| 2017 United Kingdom general election | snap election |
| November 2015 Turkish general election | snap election |
| 1986 Philippine snap presidential election | snap election |
| San Francisco mayoral election, 2018 | — |
| 2021 Madrilenian regional election | snap election |
| 2012 Myanmar by-elections | by-election |
| Austrian legislative election 2019 | snap election |
| Spanish general election, April 2019 | snap election |