Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
bye-election is a noun meaning "a special election between regular elections". It carries one recorded sense.
a special election between regular elections
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bye-election come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.