Wondering how to use Elected in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as electoral or appointive.
Elected meaning
simple past and past participle of elect
Synonyms of Elected
Example sentences (20)
Reddi was first elected to the Manhattan City Commission for a four-year term in April 2013 and re-elected in 2017.
In democracies, voters deserve transparency and to know what their elected representatives plan to do if elected.
The civil rights icon was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1981, and later elected to Congress in November 1986.
I’m genuinely concerned about the Charter Commission process, elected to turn Saugus into a city with an elected mayor.
I was elected and then re-elected, top vote-getter, which I believe is an expression of voter confidence in me.
Pete duly elected to the City Council in the by-election, and Roger was elected to the County Council the following May.
Assistant Warden Thompson was elected to serve as Vice President and Thomas was elected to serve as Treasurer.
She was twice elected reeve of the Rural Municipality of Paddockwood before she was elected as a Saskatchewan Party MLA.
The elected body of the corporation has 39 councillors — 34 are elected while five are nominated by the state government.
As the city’s comptroller, Sawa was independently elected working with an independently elected mayor and Common Council.
Messam was elected mayor in 2015, defeating Lori Cohen Moseley who had held the post since 1999, and re-elected last month.
Seven MPs from each seat will be elected under a quota system, meaning a total of 35 MPs will be elected.
Of the 21 states that elected both governors and senators in 2018, only five elected one from each party.
Perles was elected to the Michigan State Board of Trustees in 2006 and was re-elected eight years later.
The statement acknowledges that the elected Utah State Board of Education has no power or authority to unseat an elected official.
D. J. Watson was re-elected as board president, and Tracy Mattern was re-elected as vice president.
Because those chairmen were elected by the same body that elected the governor, it was difficult for the governors to control them.
It also congratulated “the many candidates who were elected and re-elected to the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
And when you look at U.S. policies regarding Israel and Palestine, it matters little who is elected president or elected to Congress.
Switzerland's Nayla Stössel was elected chair of the FEI Nominations Committee having been elected to it during the General Assembly.
Phrases with elected
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Common combinations with elected
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was elected 72×
- elected to 63×
- are elected 27×
- be elected 24×
- elected by 23×
- elected officials 20×
- elected as 16×
- elected and 15×
- elected president 15×
- were elected 14×
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