A population losing its voice? Electoral roll falls to lowest number since 2000
27,316 signed-up to the Electoral Roll
- 27,316 signed-up to the Electoral Roll
- Number is lowest since the 2000 election
- The 60-69 age bracket the most heavily represented with 5,168 on the roll
- Election takes place on Wednesday 18 June
Fewer than half those potentially eligible to vote in the General Election will have the opportunity to go to the polls.
When the electoral roll closed there were 27,316 people signed up, down nearly 4,000 people on 2020 when an island-wide vote was held for the first time and lower than at any point since 2000 when 25,077 were registered to vote.
Guernsey’s population has risen from 60,269 to 64,781 in that timeframe, with 2023 population data putting the number of those aged 15 and over at 56,319.
The number of people signed up to vote in 2020 significantly outstripped 2025. The 2020 election was delayed until October that year because Covid, also meaning the electrol roll closed three months later than this year.
The 2025 General Election takes place on Wednesday 18 June, with voting allowed for in the days leading up to that date.
Colette Falla, Registrar-General of Electors, said: "It was positive to see that number signing up to the Electoral Roll continued to climb quickly in the final days of the sign-up period.
“We tried hard to make the process of signing-up as easy as possible, and our outreach team was out and about on an almost daily basis for several months, to ensure that the electoral roll was on everyone's minds.”
Data Insight
Breaking down the data by age group shows that the electoral roll skews in favour of older generations, with the 60-69 age bracket the most heavily represented with 5,168 on the roll.
By contrast there are 3,529 under 30s on the roll.
Taking the percentage of eligible voters signed up as an indication of political engagement, those age between 70 and 79 are the most engaged (68.59%), a sharp contrast with the 20 to 29 age bracket (29.41%).
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