GECOM publishes Revised List of Electors for public scrutiny

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the Revised List of Electors (RLE) for a period of 21 days, effective from February 7, 2026, to allow stakeholders to examine the list and verify the accuracy of their registration records.
According to GECOM, the RLE is being displayed at two designated public locations in every registration division across the country. In addition, the list is available online on the Commission’s official website to facilitate wider access and review. Persons who registered or conducted transactions during the recently concluded Claims and Objections exercise are being urged to carefully review their information. According to GECOM, registrants who identify any discrepancies or have concerns about their details as reflected in the RLE are advised to report these matters to the Registration Officer at the Registration Office responsible for their area of residence. GECOM stated that the publication of the RLE is part of its ongoing efforts to ensure accuracy and accountability in the electoral process. The Commission reiterated its commitment to a transparent system that operates in accordance with the law and allows for scrutiny of all registration transactions by representatives of parliamentary political parties. The Revised List of Electors will remain available for public review throughout the 21-day publication period.
In January, during the Claims and Objections exercise Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, renewed his call for opposition parties to use the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s Claims and Objections period to address any concerns and claims about the Official List of Electors (OLE) being bloated. Over the years executives and supporters of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)/A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and newcomers We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) and the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) have continually alleged that the OLE created by the GECOM is exceedingly bloated, with claims that that list could contain as many as hundreds of thousands of dead and overseas voters. During the Claims and Objections period, persons can challenge the inclusion of any names on the existing OLE. Nandlall is calling on the opposition to rise to the occasion and capitalise on the opportunity to prove their claims.
“Go now and remove the bloat,” Nandlall had challenged the Opposition during his weekly programme ‘Issues In the News”. However, Nandlall reasoned that notwithstanding his prompting, he does not believe that the opposition members will submit any objections this go around, any more than they were able to in “Claims and Objection” cycles in the past. “They will not go, but once the occasion rises…and it’s an opportunity for them to make ridiculous allegations, they will make it all over again, and here it is: the law is providing an opportunity to remove this bloat,” Nandlall had said. “I hope that the election observers who spoke about this in their report are hearing me. I hope that they hear that I’m calling on the opposition, who told them that the list is bloated by tens of thousands…When I hear about this bloated list of allegations being made, I am going to refer to my statement and my public invitation urging for it to be done. It’s not going to be done, and I know that,” he had noted. The National Registration Act provides for two periods during the year where the National Register of Registrants (NRR) is to be stopped for claims and objections to be carried out.