西方選舉常用詞匯

        選舉 election

　　投票 cast a ballot

　　計票 count of votes

　　投票日 polling day

　　投票箱 ballot box

　　選舉程序electoral procedures

　　選舉大會 election meeting / electoral meeting

　　選舉規則 election regulation

　　選民voter / elector

　　初選primary election

　　普選general election

　　決定性競選 runoff

　　當選be elected

　　個人投票individual vote

　　公開投票open vote

　　合格選民 eligible voter

　　候補者alternate candidate

　　候選人candidate

　　候選人名單slate

　　被選舉權right to be elected

　　補缺選舉by-election (UK) / supplementary election (US)

　　不記名投票secret vote / anonymous ballot

　　差額選舉 competitive election

　　差額投票differential voting

　　等額選舉 single-candidate election

　　棄權不投票 abstention from voting

　　發表政見 state one's political views

　　法定程序due course of law

　　法定人數quorum

　　廢票invalid vote / voided ballot

　　否決權veto power

　　改選re-election

　　記名投票disclosed ballot

　　決定性票decisive vote

　　抗議票 protest vote

　　監票員ballot examiner

　　拉票 soliciting votes

　　冷門當選者；黑馬 unknown elected nominee (dark horse)

　　落選lose an election / be voted out

　　民意測驗public opinion poll

　　投票后民調 exit poll

　　導向性民意調查 push polling

　　提名nominate

　　提名者nominator

　　領先者 front runner

　　壓倒性勝利landslide victory

　　在選舉期間一連串的演講、集會、旨在吸引選票的活動campaigning

　　浮動選民(即還未決定投誰的票的選民)floating voter

　　競選綱領manifesto