معنی کلمه free elections

Trying to meaning the free elections phrase in developing countries is just flummery.

The scrutineers were also ordered to be scrutineers in this free election.

It depends on whether you call democracy merely a matter of free election .

No one believes that democracy will be entrenched as result of one free election .

The atmosphere must be right for a free election , which it certainly was not last time .

What does freely elected mean?
A free and fair election involves political freedoms and fair processes leading up to the vote, a fair count of eligible voters who cast a ballot (including such aspects as electoral fraud or voter suppression), and acceptance of election results by all parties.