A by-election is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
A 1768 political cartoon about a by-election during the Middlesex election affair.
Democrat Morris Edelstein (left), Republican Louis Lefkowitz (center) and Communist Earl Browder, candidates in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Democrat William I. Sirovich, sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a "Democracy in Action" joint campaign meeting, January 30, 1940
Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland, is a country in Northwestern Europe. It consists of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital
By-election
…A by-election (also spelled bye-election in Ireland, and also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India) is an election used to fill an office that has…
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891) addressing a meeting. The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Parnell.
Damage in Dublin city centre following the 1916 Easter Rising
Leinster House, Dublin. In 1922 a new parliament called the Oireachtas was established, of which Dáil Éireann became the lower house.
Éamon de Valera, Irish political leader, pictured outside Ennis Courthouse in 1917. He would later be involved in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.