Election Day and Night

The election day is the day that an election is held. In some countries, these days are holidays or specifically held on a weekend so as to increase voter turnout. Germany, for example, always holds its elections on a Sunday, while the United Kingdom has a tradition of Thursday elections.

Interestingly, the US Presidential election always takes place on the first Tuesday after November 1^st. This has agrarian roots, but as Tuesday is now a working day, there have been numerous calls to make the US election day a holiday or a weekend.

Election night is typically the night of election day, in which the results are tallied and announced to the electorate.

See also:

• Election Campaign explained in the Election Glossary
• Voter Turnout explained in the Election Glossary
• Presidential Election Process explained!