Peel, elected after resistance, died (4)
I believe the answer is:
rind
'peel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'elected after resistance died' is the wordplay.
'elected' becomes 'in'.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'died' becomes 'd'.
'in' put after 'r' is 'rin'.
'rin'+'d'='RIND'
(Other definitions for rind that I've seen before include "Peel of an orange" , "Outer layer (of cheese)" , "Hard outer skin, of an orange say" , "outside" , "Skin of bacon" .)