Sentence examples for polling was held from inspiring English sources

Polling was held in 91 seats in 14 states and union territories, including in the capital Delhi and the key state of Uttar Pradesh.

Since then, Bangladesh's parliamentary elections have been administered by a series of caretakers, each installed within 15 days of the dissolution of the previous parliament and tasked with assisting a commission to ensure that fresh polling is held within 90 days.Sheikh Hasina's government abolished the caretaker system with an amendment to the constitution in June 2011.

Major international donors had frozen aid funds until the parliamentary poll was held.

Everyone seemed to forget that the poll was held to mark INTERNATIONAL Children's Book Day.

The poll was held to tie in with the recent BBC season The Golden Age of the Album.

When an informal online poll was held concerning sex education lessons, around 90% of respondents said issues of rape, assault and domestic violence were never raised.

The poll was held on the club's unofficial fan website and nearly 500 supporters voted, with Woodall coming out on top.

A runoff poll was held on October 28, however, after none of the six candidates secured the required 50% of the vote to win.

Half of all respondents said they would vote for the Liberal National party if a poll was held now, an increase from 41.3% at the last election.

The straw poll was held by secret ballot, raising the prospect that people who have publicly declared their stance one way voted another.

That year, former president Theodore Roosevelt attempted to unseat incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, and a presidential preference poll was held in 12 states.