Still tense about election's initial turn out (9)
I believe the answer is:
eventuate
'turn out' is the definition.
(eventuating is a kind of turning out)
'still tense about election's initial' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'still' could be 'even' (synonyms) and 'even' is present in the answer.
'tense' could be 't' (grammatical abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ute' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eventuate that I've seen before include "Result, come about" , "Occur as a result" , "Turn out" .)