Dictionary / Vocabulary / 棄権
きけん
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
JLPT N1 common word
今度の選挙は棄権するつもりだ。
I don't plan to vote at the upcoming election.
棄権が二票あった。
There were two abstentions.
いざ投票という時、彼は棄権した。
When it was time to vote, he abstained.