What does elected mean?
Word: Elected
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Elected means chosen for a post by voting; it is also used as an adjective, as in an elected member.
Synonyms: chosen, voted in, selected, picked
Antonyms: rejected
How do you spell elected?
Syllables: e - lect - ed
Tricky part: There is a single l after the first e. The stress falls on lect, which tempts some students to double it.
Watch out for: ellected, elacted, electid
Memory tip: One leader, one l: an elected leader is the one person chosen.
Elected in a sentence
Example 1: Our class elected Farah as monitor by a show of hands.
Example 2: The elected members of the panchayat meet every month.
Example 3: He was elected captain of the hockey team for a second year.
Fun Fact
India's general election of 2024 had close to 970 million registered voters, the largest electorate anywhere in the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word opposite in meaning to elected as used in the sentence:
Meenakshi was elected president of the student council with more than half the votes.
a) favoured
b) defeated
c) nominated
d) appointed
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b) defeated. Being elected means winning the vote; being defeated means losing it. Nominated and appointed are close to the same idea.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the one that is not.
1. ballot 2. candidate 3. ilected 4. majority
a) a person who tries to be chosen for a post
b) a secret vote, or the paper used for it
c) the greater number, more than half
d) chosen by voting
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d) chosen by voting. Ilected is the misspelt word: elect begins with e, as election does.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
In the village meeting under the banyan tree, the women elekted a young teacher as their leader and asked her to speak to the district officer about water.
a) officer
b) banyan
c) district
d) elekted
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d) elekted. The k sound in elect is spelt c, followed by t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who chooses an elected leader?
a) the voters
b) the previous leader
c) the judges
d) the police
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a) the voters
2. Which of these is an elected post in India?
a) Chief Justice of India
b) Member of Parliament
c) District Collector
d) Chief of the Army Staff
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b) Member of Parliament
