An indirect election or hierarchical voting is an election in which voters do not choose directly among candidates or parties for an office, but elect people who in turn choose candidates or parties. Wikipedia

Process in which voters in an election do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect persons who will then make the choice; e.g. in Germany, voters elect Landtag, who elect the state government, which appoints its members to Bundesrat Wikidata

An election process in which elected persons (directly elected by voters) who will then vote and elect their choice of president. Wiktionary