The chair of Women in Public Life, Shelaine Green, has said the 9% increase in woman standing in the election compared to 2020 is "probably an all-time record".

"Of course that gives us hope that there will be more than eight women in the States next term but that's entirely up to Guernsey voters and their response to all the candidates' skills, policies, values and experience," she said.

"Once the nominations go in, we go quiet, we don't tell Guernsey who to vote for.

"Everyone at Women in Public Life has worked really hard over the past few years to inspire and support more women to stand.

"We've kept women who are interested in politics informed via our Politics WhatsApp group and running our Train to Campaign programme for prospective candidates.

"It's been wonderful to be able to build supportive relationships with women candidates and, more importantly, see them building supportive relationships with each other, regardless of their differing views on policy."

She added: "Now that the result is near, we're as nervous with anticipation as anyone, hoping for the island's sake that there will be more balance in the next assembly."

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The States of Guernsey has posted a picture of volunteers counting votes at Beau Sejour."Volunteers are split between counting postal votes and feeding ballot papers into the four voting machines we have," it said.

"It is expected that the declaration of results will be delivered tonight.

"It’s not possible to give a specific time at this stage, but we will provide updates on how the count is progressing throughout the day."

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While many candidates focused efforts on social media others prioritised meeting islanders in person.

One thing was sure from the posters, banners and signs that were put up across the island - you could not miss there was an election going on!

The 2025 election is the first one where deputies will receive one month’s basic salary if they fail to be re-elected.

It follows a review of States members pay in 2024.

The eight deputies who have decided to stand down from their posts will not receive the payment.

Deputies who are not re-elected will continue their duties until 1 July when the new deputies are sworn in to office.

For some islanders it was the first time they could vote in a general election.

Between prepping for her leavers prom, Arwen Langlois,16, made her way to Les Maingys Activity Centre in time to cast her vote.

"It was a lot easier than I thought and wasn't as stressful as I thought," she said. "Everyone had built it up to be this stressful thing but it was nice and calm.

"I used seven of my votes, I decided to [vote for] the ones that would help the younger generation, women's rights, no discrimination in our island."

Island voters have been sending us their pictures of dogs at polling stations.

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The current term of the States ends and new members are sworn in on 1 July.

The new president of the Policy and Resources Committee, the island's top politician and known as the chief minister, will be elected on the same day.

Four committee members will be elected to join the chief minister on the committee on the following day.

Remaining committee presidents are due to be elected on 4 July, followed by the members of each committee on 7 July.

The first States meeting where other business will be considered is scheduled for 15 July.

There are 27 women standing for election in 2025 out of the 82 candidates, about 33%.

This is an increase on the previous three general elections in Guernsey.

Out of the total of 119 candidates in the 2020 election, 26 were female, about 24%.

There are currently eight women in the States - 21% of the deputies in the chamber.

There is a total of 82 candidates.

Thirty candidates are currently standing deputies running for re-election - the other eight are standing down.

Seven candidates previously served as deputies who either stood down or were not re-elected.

Fourteen candidates have previously stood but were not elected.

The remaining 31 candidates are standing for election for the first time.

Almost immediately after polling stations closed at 20:00 BST on Wednesday, some candidates were already out taking down their campaign posters.

Deputy Nick Moakes had 30 around the island and said he wanted to get most of them down before counting started.

Were you joined at the polling station by your furry friend? Leon Howard sent us this picture of himself and Samson at the St Peter Port polling station.

Image source, Leon Howard

Listen to live updates and election discussion on BBC Radio Guernsey throughout the day.

Our main election show covering results will air from 18:00 BST until 22:00 live from Beau Sejour.

People can also tune in to BBC Radio Guernsey on 93.2FM.

A new electoral roll was introduced for this election, meaning people who had registered prior to 1 December 2024 needed to re-register to vote.

The applications to register to vote closed at midnight on 30 April with more than 27,000 people signing up.

Officials said 1,186 people aged between 15 and 19 had signed up to the electoral roll as well as 1,198 people aged between 20 and 24.

The age category 60-64 saw the most people register with 2,712 followed by 2,671 for 55-59s.

The numbers are down on the last election in 2020 when more than 31,000 people registered - at the time it was the highest number registered since 2008.

Ballot papers from polling stations and postal votes are being counted at Beau Sejour.

At the last election - the first contested on an entirely island-wide basis - the results were announced at 01:30, two days after the polls closed.

However, rain-damaged papers delayed the count because they had to be transcribed on to new ballots so they could be fed through the counting machines.

With clear skies this time and the count starting half an hour earlier at 08:30 we could have a result by 19:00.

We're expecting updates from the election team as the day progresses so we'll keep you up to date.

Who will top the polls? Did you use all 38 of your votes?

If you didn't register or chose not to vote, why not?

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Islanders have voted to decide which of the 82 candidates have been chosen to make key decisions for the island.

Officials previously stated 27,316 islanders had registered to vote for up to 38 candidates to represent the island for the next four years in the States of Guernsey.

Polling stations closed at 20:00 BST on Wednesday with the count due to begin at 08:30.

Results are not expected to be announced until this evening and we'll keep you up to date with the latest estimates, but in the meantime we'll be looking back at the election.