noun
person eligible for elective office
Formal legal term used in election law contexts. Refers to a person who meets the legal qualifications to be a candidate in an election.
被選挙人は、選挙の公示日に満25歳以上でなければならない。
A person eligible for elective office must be at least 25 years old on the day the election is announced.
選挙人 means 'voter' or 'elector', while 被選挙人 refers to the person who is eligible to be elected.
Compound of 被 (hi, 'receiving') + 選挙 (senkyo, 'election') + 人 (nin, 'person'), literally 'person who receives election'. The prefix 被- indicates the passive recipient of an action.