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Danced about etc when drunk returned to office (2-7)

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re-elected

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'returned to office' is the definition.
(returned to political office)

'danced about etc when drunk' is the wordplay.
'danced' becomes 'reeled' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'when drunk' is an anagram indicator (a drunken or disorderly form of the letters).
'etc' with letters rearranged gives 'ect'.
'reeled' enclosing 'ect' is 'RE-ELECTED'.

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(Other definitions for re-elected that I've seen before include "Voted back into office" , "Chosen to represent once more" .)

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