A SHORT GLOSSARYof

UK ELECTION TERMINOLOGY

ballot box

ballot paper / ballot sheet

blank paper

by-election

canvass

cast one’s vote

constituency

count

counting assistant

dissolve parliament

election rally

electoral roll / register of electors

electorate

first-past-the-post system

general election

go to the polls

hung parliament

landslide

manifesto

marginal constituency

member of parliament (MP)

party leader

polling clerk

polling day

polling stationpresiding officer

prime minister (PM)

returning officer

rigging

run / stand for election

seat

safe constituency / seat

simple majority system

single-member constituency

spoiled paper

teller

turnout

voter / elector

voting booth

working majority