votes
n. countablen. the choices people make in an election or meeting to pick a leader or decide on a plan. Each person usually gets one choice to show what they want.
n. formal expressions of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision or in an election for office. Often used in the plural to refer to the collective count of individual ballots.
The committee counted the votes by hand.
After all the citizens cast their votes, the local government announced the winner of the mayoral race.
The candidate secured a narrow victory after the final batch of votes from the rural districts arrived at the counting center late Tuesday evening.
Commonly used with the verbs 'cast', 'count', or 'win'.
The people gave their votes for himThe people cast their votes for himIn a formal election context, the standard collocation is to 'cast' a vote rather than 'give' it.