Conclude negative vote leads to hellish place (7)
I believe the answer is:
inferno
'to hellish place' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'conclude negative' is the wordplay.
'conclude' becomes 'infer' (inferring is a kind of concluding).
'negative' becomes 'no' (no is a kind of negative).
'infer'+'no'='INFERNO'
'vote leads' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inferno that I've seen before include "Nine Circles here" , "(Hellish) blaze" , "Huge fire" , "Intense and uncontrolled fire" , "A raging fire like hell" .)