Sentence examples for poll was called from inspiring English sources

Europe's top human rights body, the Council of Europe, has already said the vote falls short of international standards, because the poll was called at short notice and the questions asked are not clear.

Mr Farage, speaking from the count at Manchester Central convention centre, said he was pleased with how his party performed but complained forcefully about the way the election was run, with postal votes issued just three days after the poll was called.

According to insiders, its new by-election taskforce had only met once before the poll was called and was not ready: privately, campaign insiders admit it was not aggressive enough in combating a personal onslaught against the Conservative candidate Bob Neill, who was attacked for being 'three jobs Bob' by the Liberal Democrats.

Sunday's poll was called after President Viktor Yanukovych was deposed in February, amid mass protests against his pro-Russian policies.

That indicates that it is all the more important for Mr Capriles to win on Sunday and strengthen his position within the opposition should a fresh presidential poll be called in the coming months.

A decentralized form of polling is called token passing.

The veteran politician was taken by surprise by the candidacy of former health minister, Sirisena, 63, who walked out of the government a day after polls were called.

If the Athenian parliament fails to elect a new head of state by 29 December, the Greek constitution demands that snap polls are called.

Yet the polls were called only after the country's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved his legislature in a fit of pique after it threatened to alter districting rules that have long favoured government-backed candidates.

A by-election will be held on 3 July for Blackwall and Cubitt Town ward, which still needs to have three new councillors elected after polls were called off following the death of a candidate.

In the following weeks, coalition talks with the CHP and MHP fell apart and snap polls were called.