​The 2025 provisional registers of electors and omissions lists for geographical constituencies (GCs) and functional constituencies (FCs) were released today (August 1). The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) appeals to members of the public to check their registration status through "iAM Smart" or the Voter Registration website (vr.gov.hk) on or before August 25.

Compilation of provisional registers of electors and omissions lists for GCs and FCs

     The 2025 provisional register of electors for GCs contains about 4 144 600 registered electors. In the 2025 voter registration cycle, there are about 36 400 new registration applications and about 115 400 applications for updating particulars from registered electors of GCs. Moreover, the records of about        30 000 and about 71 100 electors have been removed from the provisional register by entering on the omissions list due to death and as a result of other inquiry processes respectively.

     As for FCs, the provisional register of electors contains about 193 700 registered electors. The figure has factored in newly registered electors, electors with a change in the FC registered, and electors entered on the omissions list due to death or as a result of other inquiry processes, etc. 

     "The REO has earlier mailed to the relevant electors to confirm their new registration or change of registration particulars. Those who have provided mobile phone numbers or email addresses would have received related messages. All SMS messages issued by the REO will start with the prefix '#REO' in the sender ID for identification," a spokesman for the REO said.

Prompt reply to reminding letters if requested

     Electors who have been included in the omissions lists will receive reminding letters from the REO to confirm their eligibility. The envelopes of the reminding letters are beige in colour with a message, "Immediate action required. Your voting right is at stake" printed in red. Recipients must reply or provide supplementary information on or before the statutory deadline of August 25 by email, post or fax; or by using a mobile device to scan the QR code on the reply slip to log on to the webpage (www.reo-form.gov.hk) and upload the required information to the REO e-Form Upload Platform so that they may, with the Revising Officer's approval, keep their elector status and be included in the final registers of electors. In addition, the REO will contact individual electors on the omissions lists by phone to remind them to confirm their eligibility as soon as possible. For any enquiries, members of the public may call the REO's hotline (2891 1001) during office hours by August 25.

Lodging statutory claims and objections

     Any electors who have been included in the omissions lists; any individuals/bodies who have applied for registration but no such record is found in the relevant provisional register(s); any registered electors with incorrect particulars recorded in the relevant provisional register(s); or anyone who considers an individual/body in the relevant provisional register(s) not eligible to be so registered may lodge a claim or an objection in person with the REO by the statutory deadline of August 25. The Revising Officer will, according to law, consider the evidence provided by the applicant and make a ruling.

     The specified forms for lodging claims and objections can be downloaded from the REO webpage (www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/appeal.html) or obtained from the two offices of the REO (8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, and 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon) or the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of respective District Offices. Information on the claims and objections will be uploaded to the same webpage before the day of the hearing for reference by members of the public.

Arrangements for inspection of provisional registers of electors and omissions lists

     Notices on the inspection of the provisional registers of electors and omissions lists were gazetted for promulgation today. According to the law, a copy of the provisional registers and omissions lists containing entries relating to individual electors may only be shown in accordance with the statutory requirements, and made available for inspection by specified persons only. A copy of the provisional registers and omissions lists containing only entries of corporate electors (i.e. without entries relating to individual electors) may be inspected by any member of the public. For the arrangements regarding the inspection of the registers, please refer to www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/checkvrstatus/registers.html.

     Related statistical information has been uploaded to the Voter Registration website (vr.gov.hk). The REO will publish the final registers of electors for GCs and FCs of this year on September 25.

Ends/Friday, August 1, 2025
Issued at HKT 9:35

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