"by-poll" meaning in English

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      "form": "by-polls",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2006, Data India - Issues 27-52, page 978:",
          "text": "EC also served a notice on Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti for meeting with teachers and seeking support for his party's candidate for a by-poll in that state.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Braja Bihārī Kumāra, Problems of Ethnicity in the North-East India, →ISBN, page 74:",
          "text": "The CEC had the matter enquired and made a press statement that the electoral rolls of Mangaldoi had to be revised before going for the by-poll.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Ajoy Bose, Behenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati:",
          "text": "He was given the BSP ticket for the by-poll and the Muslim aristocrat's contest against the Samajwadi Party candidate became a prestigious tussle between the two parties which would signify who had more clout with the minority community.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Alternative form of bypoll"
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  "word": "by-poll"
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    {
      "form": "by-polls",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Data India - Issues 27-52, page 978:",
          "text": "EC also served a notice on Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti for meeting with teachers and seeking support for his party's candidate for a by-poll in that state.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Braja Bihārī Kumāra, Problems of Ethnicity in the North-East India, →ISBN, page 74:",
          "text": "The CEC had the matter enquired and made a press statement that the electoral rolls of Mangaldoi had to be revised before going for the by-poll.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Ajoy Bose, Behenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati:",
          "text": "He was given the BSP ticket for the by-poll and the Muslim aristocrat's contest against the Samajwadi Party candidate became a prestigious tussle between the two parties which would signify who had more clout with the minority community.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of bypoll"
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