Collocations for election - noun

clean (esp. AmE), fair, free, open
fraudulent, rigged, stolen
close
Predicting the result of close elections is a perilous game.

landslide
The party won a landslide election.

contested, disputed
They demanded a rerun of the disputed presidential election.

historic
competitive
popular
the democratic concept of popular elections

democratic, multiparty, non-partisan
direct, indirect
fresh, new
last
recent
early
The prime minister may decide to call an early election.

scheduled
the scheduled Lebanese elections in May

forthcoming, upcoming (esp. AmE)
special
primary (in the US), run-off (esp. AmE)
midterm, off-year (AmE)
recall (= an election to remove an elected official from office)
The Governor faces an unprecedented recall election.

county, federal, local, municipal, national, nationwide, provincial, regional, state, statewide (AmE)
congressional, council (esp. BrE), general, gubernatorial (AmE), judicial, leadership, legislative, local-government, mayoral, papal, parliamentary, party, presidential, Senate
school board
student council (AmE), student government (AmE), student union (BrE)

conduct, have, hold, run
call
contest, fight
run for (esp. AmE), stand for (esp. BrE)
dispute
a bitterly disputed election

lose, win
concede
sweep (AmE)
The party swept Turkish elections in November.

affect, influence
sway (esp. AmE), swing, tip (esp. AmE)
votes which could swing the entire national election

decide, determine
The people will decide this election and they will prove all the polls wrong.

organize, schedule (esp. AmE)
monitor, oversee, supervise
cancel, delay, postpone
derail
The violence in the country will not derail the elections.

fix, manipulate, rig, steal
claims that voter fraud had stolen the election for the Republicans

boycott

take place
be due, be scheduled for
Elections are scheduled for November.

approach, loom

campaign
manifesto (esp. BrE), pledge (esp. BrE), promise
statement
issue
Education is a key election issue.

debate
strategy
battle, contest
turnout
The election turnout in 2008 was high.

ballot, poll
outcome, result, returns (esp. AmE)
A lot hangs on the election result.
All counties have now certified their election returns.

defeat, victory
broadcast (esp. BrE), coverage, news
procedure, process, system
candidate
administrator (AmE), commissioner, judge (AmE), monitor, observer, official (AmE), worker
board (esp. AmE), commission
office
date, day, eve, night, period, season, time, year
It was successful in rallying voters at election time.

cycle
The US is reaching the end of its latest presidential election cycle.

fraud
reform

at a/the election, in a/the election
in the 2001 general election

by election
Membership of the committee is by election.

election to
her election to the Senate

the outcome of an election
the run-up to an election
opinion poll results in the run-up to elections