開票

Reading

Kana: かいひょう

Romaji: kaihyō

Definition

noun

vs

1

counting ballots; tally (of votes)

Kanji

開

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal

票

Reading: ヒョウ

Meanings: ballot, label, ticket, sign

Example Sentence

開票(かいひょう)は予想(よそう)した通(とお)りだ。

➥Election returns were what we had expected.