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elect

1 verb POL by voting TRANSITIVEtogh verb c m ua new president has been elected toghadh uachtarán nuathe committee elected him chairman thogh an coiste ina chathaoirleach éshe was elected to the Dáil toghadh chun na Dála í 2 verb choose TRANSITIVEcinn verb c m uroghnaigh verb c m uif he elects to stay má chinneann sé fanacht, má roghnaíonn sé fanacht 3 adjective POL newly electedtofa adj3 c m umayor-elect O'Brien an méara tofa Ó Briain

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alas »

alas for him, he wasn't elected ar an drochuair dó féin, níor toghadh é
council »

she was elected to the local council toghadh ar an gcomhairle áitiúil í
democratically »

democratically elected tofa go daonlathach, tofa ar bhonn daonlathach
elected »

a legitimately elected government rialtas atá tofa go dlisteanach
en bloc »

the committee was re-elected en bloc atoghadh an coiste ina iomláine, atoghadh an coiste en bloc
government »

a new government will be elected toghfar rialtas nua
jockeying »

she was elected after much political jockeying toghadh í tar éis a lán ionramháil pholaitiúil
leftist »

they elected a leftist government thogh siad rialtas de chuid na heite clé
legitimately »

a legitimately elected government rialtas a toghadh go dlisteanach
long- »

the longest elected politician an polaiteoir is faide atá tofa
mayor »

he was elected mayor of Cork toghadh ina mhéara ar Chorcaigh é
member »

elected member comhalta tofa, ball tofa
new »

the party met to elect a new leader tháinig an páirtí le chéile chun ceannaire nua a thoghadh
nominate »

all of the nominated candidates were elected toghadh na hiarrthóirí uile a bhí ainmnithe
parliament »

she was elected to parliament toghadh chun na parlaiminte í
president »

he was elected president toghadh ina uachtarán é
president »

she was elected club president toghadh ina huachtarán ar an gcumann í
proportionally »

councillors are elected proportionally to the number of votes they receive déantar comhairleoirí a thoghadh i gcomhréir le líon na vótaí a fhaigheann siad
re-elect »

the president can be re-elected only once ní féidir an t-uachtarán a atoghadh ach aon uair amháin
re-elect »

she was re-elected to the post rinneadh í a atoghadh sa phost

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