0 past simple and past participle of elect
1 to decide on or choose, especially to choose a person for a particular job, by voting:
[ + as + noun ] We elected him as our representative.
[ + noun ] She was elected Chair of the Board of Governors.
[ + to infinitive ] The group elected one of their members to be their spokesperson.
She elected to take early retirement instead of moving to the new location.
Representatives were elected by ballot.
Politicians should be accountable to the public who elected them.
The general issue is thus, how much flexibility you want for your elected politicians representing the voting population at any given point in time.
As elected members of the legislature, elected representatives are expected to represent their voters in the process of lawmaking.
The involvement of top-level, elected officials in the aid allocation process, however, is usually limited.
