Below you will find example sentences with "polling units". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Polling Units in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: units
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 28
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.7 words

Words in this phrase

polling units

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • polling can mean: present participle and gerund of poll Frequent word
  • units can mean: plural of unit Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 16 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1 070 polling units the tribunal 1× 191 000 polling units across the 1× at some polling units in the 1× at the polling units into his 1× at their polling units on time 1× faira other polling units in the 1× from 1750 polling units according to 1× from 36 polling units and three 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

answering a question 1× consequently majority of 1× dashe stated that 1× dekina local government 1× for example in 1× governor yahaya bello 1×

Common sentence endings:

action against criminals 1× at collation centres 1× at the units 1× attended to promptly 1× began to improve 1× country to testify 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

voting 6× election 6× results 5× witnessed 4× early 4× unit 3× per 3× cent 3× officials 3× arrived 3× candidate 3× area 3×

Related phrases

polling unit polling station polling stations affordable units housing units residential units polling day polling places processing units

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around units:

affordable units 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

polling unit polling stations polling station polling places polling day poll shows

Just after it in the phrase index:

pollution control pollution levels polo shirt pony express poor people poorly understood

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

polling unit polling station polling stations polling day polling places

Same ending:

affordable units housing units residential units processing units

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "polling units" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1 070 polling units the tribunal, 191 000 polling units across the, voting, election and results stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with polling unit, polling station, polling stations and affordable units, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with polling units

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Consequently, majority of the polling units nationwide opened on schedule and citizens were attended to promptly. (16 words)

The election which held in seven polling units had commenced early with electoral materials and officials arriving early at the units. (21 words)

Dekina local government area in Kogi state on Saturday witnessed widespread violence in many polling units as political thugs attack voters. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

However, the report released by an election observer group, Yiaga Africa showed that election officials arrived late to their polling units in many parts of the country; only about 27 per cent of the officials arrived at their polling units on time. (42 words)

The presiding judge said while delivering judgement that he wondered how all the witnesses of the petitioner arrived at their various polling units at the same time and witnessed over-voting at all the units but could not recognise their results sheets. (42 words)

According to him, a party who alleges over-voting must tender the voter registers for the affected polling units and the results of the polling units, show how, without over-voting, the results would be in his or her favour. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

The returning officer mentioned the affected polling units to include Ife north, one polling unit, Ife south, two polling units, Orolu, three polling units and osogbo, one polling unit.

He added that TAF Africa observers reported the accessibility of the polling units at 94 per cent of the polling units while priority voting was observed in 76 per cent of the units.

He said, “The petitioners complained of over-voting and infractions by picking 749 polling units to contend with from 1750 polling units, according to the first respondent witnessed (RW1).

However, the report released by an election observer group, Yiaga Africa showed that election officials arrived late to their polling units in many parts of the country; only about 27 per cent of the officials arrived at their polling units on time.

The youths who turned out en-masse were frustrated following the transfer of polling units, hence causing the inability to locate their polling units.

According to him, a party who alleges over-voting must tender the voter registers for the affected polling units and the results of the polling units, show how, without over-voting, the results would be in his or her favour.

Noting that the APM challenged election results from 1,070 polling units, the tribunal pointed out that the petitioners only called witnesses from 36 polling units and three others, including the gubernatorial candidate.

Some polling units along Ayingba road had commence the voting process early, while some polling units at Odu/Okpakele in Dekina were yet to sight election materials as at the the time of this report.

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For example, in Birnin Kudu local government area, apart from the polling unit of the chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC,) Muhammad Uba, Lambu Faira, other polling units in the town witnessed a low turnout of voters.

Governor Yahaya Bello is leading in the early results declared at some polling units in the Kogi election, amidst accusations and counter accusations of polling violence and shooting at collation centres.

This was because they were only able to call five polling agents from 191,000 polling units across the country to testify.

The presiding judge said while delivering judgement that he wondered how all the witnesses of the petitioner arrived at their various polling units at the same time and witnessed over-voting at all the units but could not recognise their results sheets.

In Kpada, where I monitored 15 polling units out of about 22 units in the area, at the beginning, the turnout was very low but as time went by, it began to improve.

The election which held in seven polling units had commenced early with electoral materials and officials arriving early at the units.

According to him, policemen are not posted to the polling units to watch hoodlums perpetrating crimes, but to take action against criminals.

Answering a question from Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, counsel to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kutigi, however, admitted that he did not put the actual figure at the polling units into his witness statement on oath because of lack of space.

Consequently, majority of the polling units nationwide opened on schedule and citizens were attended to promptly.

Dashe stated that the essence of the sensitisation was to mobilise the youths to take the campaign to the polling units and to ensure that the message of the candidate got to the grassroots.

Dekina local government area in Kogi state on Saturday witnessed widespread violence in many polling units as political thugs attack voters.

Governorship candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Hycinth Alia and that of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Titus Uba, casted their votes at their various polling units.

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