General_elections_and_election_contests - freebase-schema/freebase GitHub Wiki
There seems to be some confusion about what is a general election and what is an election contest.
From the type descriptions:
General election
"The general election type is for elections in which more than one office is being contested (e.g., mayor and sheriff, or an entire legislature). ... "Contests are for the individual races of a general election; there can be a very large number of these, if necessary. For example, the general election for a legislature with 200 seats in which all seats are up for election, would have 200 contests."
Election contest
"In order to be able to compare elections for the same office, each office or seat should have its own election topic. E.g., each seat for a legislature will have a separate topic. These contests can then be linked to the general election that they are a part of."
Examples:
General election
Election contest