popularly elected

idiom

: chosen in an election rather than in some other way

He was the country's first popularly elected leader.

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In Iran, religious authority is far more centralized than in Sunni-majority countries: The Supreme Leader is elected from the Assembly of Experts, comprised of some 80 ayatollahs popularly elected from 30 districts to serve eight-year terms. —Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2015

Until the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified, in 1913, senators were mostly not popularly elected. —Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022

In perhaps the most significant transfer of power in the city’s modern history, Michelle Wu on Tuesday was sworn in as Boston’s first woman, first person of color, and first Asian American mayor popularly elected to office. —Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2021

Ed Brooke, the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, co-authored the amendment that would prohibit housing discrimination. —Tyler Christiansen, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021

Unlike the other major political players in state government -- the governor and lieutenant governor -- who are popularly elected every four years, the Speaker of the Texas House is chosen by the chamber’s 150 members. —James Barragán, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020

Justices of the peace are popularly elected to serve a smallish justice district and do not have to be attorneys. —Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020