Called, sought election? Good (4)
I believe the answer is:
rang
'called' is the definition.
('ring' can be a synonym of 'call')
'sought election? good' is the wordplay.
'sought election?' becomes 'ran' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'ran'+'g'='RANG'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rang that I've seen before include "Called" , "Chimed" , "Telephoned" , "Phoned; did resound" , "(Of bell) sounded" .)