Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.In presidential systems, the term refers to a regularly scheduled election where both the president, and either \"a class\" of or all members of the national legislature are elected at the same time but sometimes refers to special elections held to fill prematurely vacated positions. A general election day may also include elections for local officials.The term originates in the elections in the United Kingdom for the House of Commons."@en }
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- General_election abstract "A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.In presidential systems, the term refers to a regularly scheduled election where both the president, and either \"a class\" of or all members of the national legislature are elected at the same time but sometimes refers to special elections held to fill prematurely vacated positions. A general election day may also include elections for local officials.The term originates in the elections in the United Kingdom for the House of Commons.".