落らく選せん者しゃ

noun

unsuccessful candidate; defeated candidate; losing candidate

Refers to a person who failed to be elected or selected in an election, contest, or selection process.

• 彼かれは選せん挙きょで落らく選せん者しゃとなった。

  He became an unsuccessful candidate in the election.

• 落らく選せん者しゃの中なかには、次じ回かいの選せん挙きょに再さい挑ちょう戦せんする人ひともいる。

  Among the defeated candidates, some will try again in the next election.