本ほん選せん挙きょ

noun

original selection; primary election

Refers to the initial selection process, often in a political context, before a final election or appointment. Not a common everyday word; mostly used in formal or technical discussions of electoral systems.

• 本ほん選せん挙きょで候こう補ほ者しゃが絞しぼり込こまれた。

  The candidates were narrowed down in the original selection.