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: --
She elected to take early retirement instead of moving to the new location.
[ + to infinitive ] The group elected one of their members to be their spokesperson.
[ + noun ] She was elected Chair of the Board of Governors.
[ + as + noun ] We elected him as our representative.
The assemblies would set development criteria and keep watch over elected and appointed government officials.
Elections are conducted by a show of hands, with leaders elected by majority.
Nor have these changes made the executive branch any more accountable to the popularly elected legislature than it was before.
Do they do so primarily because they believe their democratically elected government is corrupt and unaccountable?
In the presidential election example given above only the elected candidate will actually act like president.
Put another way, a state in which only bad politicians run for and are elected to office may be a self-enforcing equilibrium.
They were either elected or selected by the water users to supervise all activities concerning irrigation and to enforce rules.
We now know that attention from some elected officials matters to the promulgation of rules.
