General Election in United Kingdom

General election Meaning in Politics

Description of General election published by Mona Chalabi: This is when members of the United Kingdom electorate decide who will represent them in Parliament. Since the Fixed-term Parliaments Act was passed in 2011, each parliament serves a fixed term. That means that from this election forward, the United Kingdom will vote on the first Thursday in May of the fifth year after the last election was held. I have no idea why it’s known as a general, rather than a national, election.