How many syllables in elected?

There are 3 syllables in the word elected.

How to pronounce elected:

elected (adjective):: carefully selected chosen; subject to popular election.; of or relating to a country, organization, or system in which leaders are chosen or decisions are made by voting

appointed

assigned

chosen

commissioned

democratic

elect

electoral

incoming

named

nonappointive

representative

autocratic

despotic

dictatorial

high-handed

nondemocratic

repressive

totalitarian

undemocratic

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