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In the United Kingdom, there’s a tradition of letting the political party of any lawmaker assassinated in an act of political violence run unopposed in the by-election. (lemmynsfw.com)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Batley_and_Spen_by-election

It lets people know violence cannot change the balance of power.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

It's a by-election, i.e. voting in their replacement. The next election they'd have to fight for their seat as usual.