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Polling station

Meaning in politics & government, with examples

nounCore term

In politics & government, polling station means: The building or room, often a school or community hall, where people go to vote on election day.

In Turkish: oy verme yeri, sandık, sandık başı

How it is used

Polling stations open and close at set times, and voters queue outside them. Officials and party observers work there, and votes are often counted on site after the polls close. American English often says polling place.

Example sentences

  1. Polling stations will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

  2. Long queues formed outside polling stations in the city centre.

Common collocations

  • polling stations open
  • polling stations close
  • outside a polling station
  • polling station officials
  • ballotA paper or electronic form on which a voter marks their choice; also the system or act of voting secretly in this way.
  • turnoutThe number or percentage of eligible people who actually vote in an election or referendum.
  • electionAn organized process in which people vote to choose a person or group for an official position, such as members of parliament, a president or a mayor.
  • voteA formal choice that a person makes in an election or meeting, for example by marking a ballot or raising a hand; also the act of deciding something in this way.

More terms: Elections and Voting

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