elect to

elect someone to something

to select someone to be a member of something by ballot; to select someone to be an officer in something by ballot. We elected you to office, so do your job. Tom was elected to the congress.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Damian	DAY-mee-ən (English), DAHM-yahn (Polish)	English, Polish, Dutch
Rhona	-	Scottish
Grayson	GRAY-sən	English (Modern)
Pierrick	-	Breton, French
Secundinus	-	Ancient Roman
Emel	-	Turkish