In 2001, Gandhi was voted the greatest Indian Prime Minister in a poll organised by India Today.

She was also named "Woman of the Millennium" in a poll organised by the BBC in 1999.

It was the fourth such poll organised by Triple J, following similar polls in 1989, 1990 and 1991.

In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.

With no apparent sense of irony, the party recently announced it would supervise the polls organised to select local government officials - to ensure "fair elections".

He had finished second to One Count in a separate poll organised by the publishers of Daily Racing Form.

The painting was voted the second best painting in any British gallery in a 2005 poll organised by the Today programme in September 2005.

He was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a 2004 poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations.

It is informally referred to as The Monsters Within, a name provided via a poll organised on the blog of series creator Toby Whithouse.

The rival poll organised by Triangle Publications was won by Roman Brother.