| 选入 | xuǎn rù | selected (for admission) / elected |  |
| 入选 | rù xuǎn | to be chosen / to be elected as |  |
| 当选 | dāng xuǎn | to be elected / to be selected | |
| 新任 | xīn rèn | newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) | |
| 海选 | hǎi xuǎn | (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition | |
| 民选 | mín xuǎn | democratically elected | |
| 公推 | gōng tuī | elected by acclamation / recommended by all | |
| 候任 | hòu rèn | -elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed) | |
| 新选 | xīn xuǎn | newly elected | |
| 膺选 | yīng xuǎn | to be elected | |
| 十个当选成员 | | Elected Ten | |
| 美洲民选国家元首和政府首脑会议 | | Summit of Democratically Elected Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere | |
| 被选举权 | bèi xuǎn jǔ quán | the right to be elected / the right to stand for election | |
