Elections in Malta

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Malta elects on a national level 6 MEPs representing Malta in the European Parliament, on a district level the legislature, On a local level the Local Councils and on a community level the Administrative Committees.

Electoral System

Malta uses single transferable vote to elect its MP/MEP and local councillors. Even though transferable preferences should help third parties since independence the Maltese electorate has consistently voted in two dominant political parties and effectively created a two party system.

Legislature

The House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) has 65 members, elected for a five-year term in 13 5-seat constituencies, called distretti elettorali, with constitutional amendments that allows for mechanisms to establish strict proportionality amongst seats and votes of political parliamentary groups.

Latest Legislative elections

Main article: Maltese general election, 2013

 Summary of the 9 March 2013 House of Representatives of Malta election results

Parties	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	167,533	54.83	+6.04	39	+5
Nationalist Party	132,426	43.34	–6.00	30	–5
Democratic Alternative	5,506	1.80	+0.49	0	0
Ajkla Party	47	0.02	New	0	New
Liberal Alliance	12	0.00	New	0	New
Independents	32	0.01	+0.00	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	4,044	—	—	—	—
Total	309,600	100.0	–	69	0
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Government of Malta, Parliament of Malta

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Voter turnout

External links

• Electoral Commission
• Department of Information - Malta
• Malta Data with details back to 1921
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and elections
• More on the Malta elections 2013