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Exile elected to office rising in party (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banish

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'exile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rising in party' is the wordplay.
'rising' becomes 'ni' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'party' becomes 'bash' (term for a party or celebration).
'ni' going within 'bash' is 'BANISH'.

'elected to office' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for banish that I've seen before include "dislodge" , "outlaw" , "Condemn to exile" , "Exile in ash-bin" , "Throw out" .)

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