One who is elected.
"The newly elected mayor promised to lower taxes during her first press conference."
In plain English: An elected person is someone who won their job by getting more votes than anyone else during an election.
"The president was elected to serve a four-year term."
Usage: Do not use "elected" as a noun to refer to a person; instead, call them an elector or simply say they were elected. The word functions only as an adjective describing someone chosen by vote or as part of a verb phrase indicating the action of choosing.
simple past tense and past participle of elect
"The citizens voted for their new mayor, who was elected last Tuesday to lead the city council."
In plain English: To be elected means to win a job or position by getting more votes than anyone else.
"The town voted to elect a new mayor this month."
Usage: Use "elected" to describe someone chosen by vote in a past event or an action decided upon previously. It functions as the simple past tense or past participle when referring to formal selection or personal choice made earlier.
Derived from Old French eleter and Latin eligere, the word originally meant to choose or pick out by voting. It evolved into its current sense of being selected officially through an electoral process.