GENERAL ELECTION : WHEN ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES AT THE SAME TIME , WITHIN A FEW DAYS OR IN THE SAME DAY , THEN IT IS CALLED GENERAL - ELECTIONS.
BY - ELECTION : WHEN ELECTIONS ARE HELD ONLY IN ONE CONSTITUENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILLING THE VACANCY CAUSED DUE TO THE DEATH OR RESIGNATION OF SOME MEMBERS , THEN IT IS CALLED BY - ELECTION .
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A general election takes place when every elected seat in a body - for example, a chamber of a legislature - is up for election at once, simultaneously, in the same election period, though not necessarily on the same day. For example, on May 6 2010, the United Kingdom held a general election when all 650 of its Members of Parliament were elected at once.
In contrast, a by-election is held to fill an arising vacancy on a body. If a member dies, resigns or is expelled from a legislative body, in most jurisdictions, a by-election is held to replace that person with a new member, who serves until the next general election. Even if multiple by-elections take place at once, they do not constitute a general election, though they usually occur only in small groups or on their own. For example, in the UK, by-elections will be held to fill three vacancies in the House of Commons on November 15 2012.
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A general election takes place when every elected seat in a body - for example, a chamber of a legislature - is up for election at once, simultaneously, in the same election period, though not necessarily on the same day. For example, on May 6 2010, the United Kingdom held a general election when all 650 of its Members of Parliament were elected at once.
In contrast, a by-election is held to fill an arising vacancy on a body. If a member dies, resigns or is expelled from a legislative body, in most jurisdictions, a by-election is held to replace that person with a new member, who serves until the next general election. Even if multiple by-elections take place at once, they do not constitute a general election, though they usually occur only in small groups or on their own. For example, in the UK, by-elections will be held to fill three vacancies in the House of Commons on November 15 2012.
An example of a large number of by-elections being held together outside of a general election would be the Burmese by-elections of April 1 2012, when 46 seats (out of 664) were elected at once as the result of vacancies in the Assembly of the Union.
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By-election: happens after some seat fall vacant due to death of or resignation of elected member.
By-election happenes just for that particular vacant seat. New elected member then occupies the seat for remaining period of the term.
By definition general election is the rule and by-election should be the exception. But now days big shot politicians fought election from two seats (for safety). If they won from both the seats then they need to resign from one of the seat. Now, that vacant constituency will have to go through by-election to fill that vacant seat. With extra financial burden on government coffers.
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