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.

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Electoral System [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

e • d 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

Past elections and referendums [edit]

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