ELECTIONS ‑- GENERAL ELECTIONS ‑- DEFINITION. SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS ‑- AS GENERAL ELECTION 1. A general election is an election required to be held on a fixed date recurring at regular intervals. 2. The term "general election" as used in the Seventeenth Amendment to the state constitution includes a school district election if the statute governing the election requires that it be held on a fixed date at regular intervals.