General election

A General Election are elections where all members of a given political body are up for elections.

The source of this term are the United Kingdom general elections that are carried out for the House of Commons.

Due to the spread of this term from the [Mother of Parliaments]?, this term is used in other countries around the world.

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"[Mother of Parliaments]?"? That doesn't sound very NPOV? -- SJK

It is an old, well-established term that is still in use around the world as a search for ["Mother of Parliaments" on Google] will confirm. It probably needs its own page so I used it here so the basis for such an entry. After all the term "general election" has probably spread from the same source as "parliament" so I thought it would be apt to use it here. Feel free to differ. -- Aristotle

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Aristotle: I won't deny its an old and well-established term, I just don't think its very NPOV. In my mind it conjures up images of British imperialism and all that... I see no problem with mentioning that it is called "the Mother of Parliaments", and why; I just don't like us using it ourselves. -- SJK