pseudoelection

See also: pseudo-election

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-election

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ election.

Noun

pseudoelection (plural pseudoelections)

1. (politics) A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.
   • 1999, “Introduction”, in Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democratization in Africa, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page xxii:

     As Wiseman notes, many observers saw Jammeh's maneuvers as a test run for the plans of Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha to legitimize his own dictatorship through a pseudoelection.

See also

• pseudoreferendum