"polling day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polling days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} polling day (plural polling days)
  1. (politics) the day voting takes place in a local, general, or national election, apart from postal votes made beforehand. Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: election day, Election Day Translations (election day): vaalipäivä (Finnish), kjördagur [masculine] (Icelandic), kosningadagur [masculine] (Icelandic), valgdag [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), valdag [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polling_day-en-noun-IPVzOISJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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