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Elections Management


Service Description: Responsible for all aspects of running elections. This includes: Nominations of Candidates; Issuing of Poll Cards; Management of Polling Stations and all electoral staff; Declaration of Results.

Also known as:- Election Results, Electoral Nominations, Electoral Services (Elections), Local Elections, Member of Parliament, MEP, MP, Poll Cards (Elections), Polling Station (Elections), Postal Votes (Elections), Proxy Votes (Elections), Referendums - General Information, Voting (Elections), Voting Stations (Elections)

Your FAQ

Question: Which countries citizens are eligiable to register and vote?

Answer: Citizens of the following countries can be Registered as Electors:

Commonwealth countries

Antigua and Barbuda Jamaica St Vincent & The Grenadines
Australia Kenya Samoa
The Bahamas Kiribati Seychelles
Bangladesh Lesotho Sierra Leone
Barbados Malawi Singapore
Belize Malaysia Solomon Islands
Botswana Maldives South Africa
Brunei Darussalam Malta Sri Lanka
Cameroon Mauritius Swaziland
Canada Mozambique United Republic of Tanzania
Cyprus Namibia Tonga
Dominica Nauru Trinidad & Tobago
Fiji Islands New Zealand Tuvalu
The Gambia Nigeria Uganda
Ghana Pakistan United Kingdom
Grenada Papua New Guinea Vanuatu
Guyana St Kitts & Nevis Zambia
India St Lucia Zimbabwe
1 Citizens of Fiji and Zimbabwe retain their voting rights despite the countries having been suspended from the Commonwealth

Register as per Commonwealth countries

Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland

British Overseas Territories

Anguilla Gibraltar
Bermuda Montserrat
British Antarctic Territory Pitcairn Island
British Indian Ocean Territory St Helena
British Virgin Islands St Helena dependencies (Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha)
Cayman Islands South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands
Falkland Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

European Union member states

Austria Germany The Netherlands
Belgium Greece Poland
Bulgaria Hungary Portugal
Cyprus Republic of Ireland Romania
Czech Republic Italy Slovakia
Denmark Latvia Slovenia
Estonia Lithuania Spain
Finland Luxembourg Sweden
France Malta

Citizens of the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta are eligible to be registered to vote in respect of all elections held in the UK.

European Union citizens may only vote in Local and European elections (and not in UK Parliamentary elections)


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