2022 Maltese general election

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2022 Maltese general election
← 2017 26 March 2022
65+ seats in the House of Representatives
33+ seats needed for a majority
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Leader Robert Abela Bernard Grech
Party Labour Nationalist
Leader since 12 January 2020 3 October 2020
Leader's seat District 2 District 5
Last election 55.04%, 37 seats 42.12%, 28 seats
Current seats 36 28
Seats needed Steady Increase 5
Incumbent Prime Minister

Robert Abela
Labour



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General elections were held in Malta on 26 March 2022 to elect members of the House of Representatives.

Following the June 2017 election, the Labour Party (PL), which has governed Malta since 2013, retained its majority in the House of Representatives, and Joseph Muscat remained prime minister. Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated a few months after the election, and a political crisis began, which later culminated into a series of mass protests in late 2019. Muscat resigned in January 2020, and was succeeded by Robert Abela. Later that year, Bernard Grech succeeded Adrian Delia as the leader of the Nationalist Party.

In total, six parties had filed candidates in the general election. The campaign period was noted as the quietest election period in decades, after being overshadowed due to external events. Opinion polls have indicated another Labour Party landslide.

Background[]

Joseph Muscat served as prime minister of Malta from 2013 until his resignation in 2020.

The previous election, which was held in June 2017 saw the Labour Party, which has governed the country since 2013, receive 55% of the popular vote and win 37 out of 67 seats in the House of Representatives.[1] Despite the allegations of corruption towards Joseph Muscat, who has served as prime minister of Malta since 2013, the confidence of the government was renewed in this election.[2][3] Following the election, Simon Busuttil resigned as leader of the Nationalist Party, and was replaced by Adrian Delia.[4][5] Daphne Caruana Galizia, a writer and anti-corruption activist who exposed Labour politicians Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri after being named in the Panama Papers leak, was assassinated in October 2017 in a car bomb attack.[6][7][8] The assassination eventually culminated into a political crisis that reached its peak during 2019.[9] Subsequently, mass protests were organized between November 2019 and January 2020 in Malta and Maltese diaspora.[10][11] Muscat announced his resignation in December 2020 and he resigned a month later.[12] Muscat remained in the House as a backbencher, but resigned in October 2020.[13]

Robert Abela won the subsequent Labour Party leadership election, defeating Chris Fearne.[14][15][16] He was sworn in on 13 January 2020.[17] Abela appointed Miriam Dalli and Clyde Caruana to the new cabinet.[18] However, after not being included in Abela's new cabinet, Deputy Labour Party leader Chris Cardona resigned and retired from politics.[19] In October 2020, Delia lost the leadership election to Bernard Grech, who then succeeded him as leader of the parliamentary opposition.[20][21] Education minister Justyne Caruana resigned in December 2021, following the claims that she abused her power.[22] Labour MP Silvio Grixti also resigned from the House that month.[23]

Electoral system[]

MPs are elected from 13 five-seat constituencies by single transferable vote.[24] Candidates who pass the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota in the first round are elected, and any surplus votes transferred to the remaining candidates, who will be elected if this enables them to pass the quotient.[24] The lowest ranked candidates are then eliminated one-by-one with their preferences transferred to other candidates, who are elected as they pass the quotient, until all five seats are filled.[25] If a party wins a majority of first preference votes but fails to achieve a parliamentary majority, they are awarded seats to ensure a one-seat majority, if they are one of only two parties to obtain seats.[25] In 2018, the government of Malta lowered the national voting age to 16.[26] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, arrangements were being made for drive-through voting.[27][28] Despite conducting elections under a proportional ranked preferential system, Malta has a stable two-party system, with only the Nationalist Party and Labour Party having a realistic chance of forming a government.[29][30] No coalition governments have been needed since 1953. Prior to the 2017 elections, when the Democratic Party won two seats running in a joint list with the PN, the last time a party other than the PN or PL won seats was in 1962.[31][32]

After much speculation, Abela announced the election date on 20 February 2022, with the election set for 26 March.[33][34][35][36] Earlier that morning, the House of Representatives was dissolved by president George Vella, upon Abela's recommendation.[37]

Political parties[]

See also: List of political parties in Malta

The table below lists parties represented in the House of Representatives after the 2017 general election.

Name Ideology Political position Leader 2017 result
Votes (%) Seats
Labour Party Social democracy Centre-left Joseph Muscat 55.04%
37 / 67
PN–PD Christian democracy Centre Simon Busuttil 43.68%
30 / 67

Pre-election composition[]

During the 2017–2022 convocation, several MPs resigned; Emmanuel Mallia resigned upon his appointment as the Maltese High Commissioner for the United Kingdom.[38] Helena Dalli resigned upon her appointment as European Commissioner.[39] Etienne Grech resigned due to personal reasons.[40] Edward Scicluna resigned and was appointed governor of the Central Bank of Malta upon his resignation. The race to fill his seat was won by Gavin Gulia, who however resigned almost immediately after being sworn in, a move that was not seen as democratic.[41] Gulia's seat was filled by then Disability Commissioner Oliver Scicluna.[42]

Marthese Portelli resigned to take a post within the Malta Developers' Association.[43] David Thake, himself a having taken a vacant seat (that of Busuttil), resigned due a tax scandal.[44][45] Frederick Azzopardi died due to illness in October 2020.[46]

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Party Seats
Labour Party 36
Nationalist Party 28
Independent 3

Participating parties[]

The Labour Party filed 122 candidates, while the Nationalist Party had managed to file 108 candidates. ABBA filed 29 candidates in total, while AD+PD filed 20, and the People's Party filed 15 candidates. Volt Malta only filed four candidates.[47]

Name Founded Leader Main ideology Political position
Labour Party 1920 Robert Abela Social democracy Centre-left
Nationalist Party 1926 Bernard Grech Christian democracy Centre-right
AD+PD 2020 Carmel Cacopardo Green politics Centre-left
People's Party 2020 Paul Salomone Right-wing populism Far-right
Volt Malta 2021 Arnas Lasys
Alexia DeBono 		Progressivism Centre
ABBA 2021 Ivan Grech Mintoff Christian right Right-wing

Campaign[]

A billboard with an Ukrainian flag during the electoral campaign for the 2022 general election in Malta
A pro-Ukraine billboard in Malta, which was put over a Labour Party banner during the campaign. News regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine overshadowed the news of electoral campaign in Malta.

The campaign began on 21 February, and it lasted until 24 March, while the silent day occurred on 25 March.[48][49] During the first week of the campaign, Nationalist Party politicians Claudio Grech, Kirsty Debono, and Clyde Puli, decided not to run, including Rachael Scicluna, a Labour politician.[50][51] Journalists have noted that the campaign has been the "quietest ever", due to uninspiring proposals and external events that overshadowed the electoral campaign.[52] It has also been noted that events that caused the 2019 political crisis and 2019–2020 protests, had "exhausted the voters".[53] Moreover, the outcome was seemed to be already given, with polls indicating another Labour Party victory, but also with the Russian invasion of Ukraine overshadowing the electoral campaign events.[54][55][56] Although, the campaign was also termed to be free of major scandals that would influence the outcome of the vote.[57] It was also noted that the Labour Party has spent more money on campaign than the Nationalist Party.[58]

Slogans[]

Party Original slogan English translation Refs
Labour Party Malta Flimkien Malta Together [59][60]
Nationalist Party Miegħek għal-Malta Together with you for Malta [59][61]
AD+PD Xkupa Ħadra Tnaddaf Green sweeps clean. [62]
Volt Malta Ivvota aħjar. Ivvota Volt. Vote Better. Vote Volt. [63]

Debates[]

2022 Maltese general election debates
Date Time Organizers     P  Present    A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee   S  Surrogate  
Labour Nationalist AD+PD Volt People's ABBA Refs
4 March 11:00AM The Malta Chamber P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		N N N N [64]
10 March 12:00PM MUDU P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		P
Carmel Cacopardo 		N P
Paul Salamone 		P
Ivan Grech Mintoff 		[65][66]
11 March 12:00PM MUDU P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		P
Carmel Cacopardo 		N P
Paul Salamone 		P
Ivan Grech Mintoff 		[67]
11 March 17:30PM IRAA P
Evarist Bartolo 		P
Carm Mifsud Bonnici 		P
Ralph Cassar 		P
Arnas Lasys 		N N [68]
14 March 11:00AM Chamber of SMEs P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		N N N N [65]
14 March 11:00AM TVM N N A P
Kass Mallia 		P
Paul Salamone 		P
Ivan Grech Mintoff 		[69]
16 March 11:00AM CCEI P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		N N N N [65]
23 March 9:00PM TVM P
Robert Abela 		P
Bernard Grech 		N N N N [70]

Party campaigns[]

Labour Party[]

"Malta Together", Labour Party's slogan which was used during the campaign.

The Labour Party began its campaign in late February, and the party stated its pledge to convert Floriana's St Anne Street into a public garden.[71] In mid-March, the Labour Party released its election manifesto, which had included an investment in green urban areas, an extension to free childcare to all, slashing corporate tax rates.[72][73] Abela has primarily campaigned on environmental issues.[74][75] Former prime minister Joseph Muscat has also participated in Labour Party campaigns.[76][77]

Nationalist Party[]

The election program of the Nationalist Party was released on 24 February, which had included 540 proposals in total.[78] The party has also pledged a one billion investment in 10 new economic sectors.[79][80] In March, the Nationalist Party has also stated its support for creating free permits, licenses and government services for feast organizers.[81]

AD+PD[]

In total, the AD+PD has presented 10 candidates for the election, and their campaign was titled "A green broom cleans".[82][83] The party launched its campaign on 22 February, and it has campaigned on proposals regarding LGBT rights.[84][85] The party has also noted its support for energy dependence through renewable sources.[86][87]

Volt Malta[]

Volt Malta also presented itself for the first time ever, with 2 candidates covering 4 districts.[88][89] In early March, the party stated its support for the legalization of abortion.[90] Kass Mallia was Malta's first transgender politician to run for election.[91] Volt Malta presented a proposal for AirMalta to become a public limited company through an initial public offering and look for North American travel markets, as well as a Diaspora Pass to entice the Maltese diaspora to visit Malta.[92]

ABBA[]

Ivan Grech Mintoff, who previously served as the chairman of Alliance of Change, formed the religious-right ABBA in 2021.[93][94] In early March, the party presented several candidates that were members of the River of Love religious group.[95] Some candidates were reported to be orientated towards the far-right.[94][96] ABBA supports investigating into pro-choice activists who allegedly broke abortion laws.[97]

People's Party[]

The People's Party had also been termed as far-right by some media reports.[98][99] It has stated its support for increasing the minimum wage and the abolishment of green passes.[85][100] One of its candidates has spread conspiracy theories.[101]

Independents[]

Arnold Cassola ran as an independent candidate, advocating a cleaner environment, cleaner politics, and a more conscientious society.[102] Nazzareno Bonnici threw his hat into the ring by mentioning that he will be running for elections on the "Eagle Party" ticket.[103] During the International Women's Day, Bonnici proposed a €4,000 grant for women to get breast implants.[104]

Opinion polls[]

Expressing a preference[]

The values in the table below are derived by removing non-party responses (i.e. non-voters, "don't know", and "no reply"); as the margin is also recalculated, there may be slight differences in exact lead margins due to rounding.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		PL PN PD AD MPM Others Lead
MaltaToday 21-24 Mar 2022 2,955 53.5 44.5 – – 2.0 9.0
Sagalytics 24 Mar 2022 ? 55.9 42.8 – – 1.3 13.1
Vincent Marmará 18-23 Mar 2022 1,800 55.9 42.8 – – 1.3 13.1
MaltaToday 23 Mar 2022 ? 53.3 44.7 – – 2.0 8.6
MaltaToday 22 Mar 2022 ? 53.3 44.6 – – 2.1 8.7
Sagalytics 21 Mar 2022 ? 55.6 43.0 – – 1.4 12.6
MaltaToday 21 Mar 2022 ? 53.8 44.4 – – 1.9 9.4
Times of Malta 20 Mar 2022 – 55.1 43.5 – – 1.4 11.6
MaltaToday 17 Mar 2022 ? 53.3 44.7 – – 2.0 8.6
MaltaToday 15 Mar 2022 ? 52.9 45.1 – – 2.0 7.8
Sagalytics 13 Mar 2022 ? 55.5 42.7 – – 1.8 12.8
MaltaToday 13 Mar 2022 ? 53.2 44.8 – – 2.0 8.4
MaltaToday 3–9 Mar 2022 ? 53.2 44.8 – – 2.0 8.4
MaltaToday 2–8 Mar 2022 ? 53.0 44.8 – – 1.8 8.2
MaltaToday 1–7 Mar 2022 ? 52.7 42.3 0.4 – 4.6 10.4
MaltaToday 21 Feb-4 Mar 2022 1220 52.7 42.3 – – 0.8 10.4
Sagalytics 26 Feb–3 Mar 2022 1,000 55.2 43.0 – 0.0 1.8 12.2
MaltaToday 21–26 Feb 2022 597 50.6 42.7 0.1 – 1.5 7.9
Sagalytics 26–25 Feb 2022 ? 55.9 42.5 1.6 0.0 0.0 13.4
Times of Malta 14–24 Feb 2022 600 56.2 42.4 – – 1.4 13.8
MaltaToday 31 Jan–4 Feb 2022 643 55.8 41.0 2.1 – 0.0 14.8
Sagalytics 28 Jan–2 Feb 2022 ? 56.0 42.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 13.6
MaltaToday 5–12 Jan 2022 647 58.4 38.4 1.2 – 0.8 20.0
MaltaToday 26 Nov 2021 – 2 Dec 2021 652 58.5 40.7 0.1 – 0.0 17.8
MaltaToday 28 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021 852 57.7 39.7 1.1 – 0.0 19.0
MaltaToday 27 Sep 2021 – 6 Oct 2021 647 57.4 36.3 2.1 – 0.0 21.1
MaltaToday 25 Aug 2021 – 2 Sep 2021 651 56.5 40.0 1.5 – 0.0 16.5
MaltaToday 28 Jun 2021 – 6 Jul 2021 651 56.4 40.7 1.4 – 0.0 15.7
MaltaToday 31 May – 4 Jun 2021 650 59.3 38.0 1.0 – 0.0 21.3
MaltaToday 3–7 May 2021 649 58.4 39.1 0.7 – 0.0 19.3
MaltaToday 5–9 Apr 2021 647 52.1 44.4 0.5 – 0.5 7.7
MaltaToday 1–5 Mar 2021 649 52.2 43.4 2.3 – 0.0 8.8
MaltaToday 1–5 Feb 2021 649 53.1 42.6 0.8 – 0.0 10.5
MaltaToday 4–8 Jan 2021 640 54.3 43.4 1.2 – 0.0 11.9
MaltaToday 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2020 641 57.1 40.4 0.4 – 0.0 16.7
MaltaToday 2–6 Nov 2020 654 56.4 41.4 0.9 – 0.0 15.0
MaltaToday 5–9 Oct 2020 654 54.6 41.1 1.2 – 0.0 13.5
MaltaToday 31 Aug – 4 Sep 2020 655 61.7 32.1 0.5 0.0 – 0.0 29.6
MaltaToday 13–17 Jul 2020 585 65.4 28.5 0.0 1.0 – 0.0 36.9
MaltaToday 12–18 Jun 2020 653 64.5 30.5 0.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 34.0
MaltaToday 11–15 May 2020 653 69.0 29.4 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 39.6
MaltaToday 6–9 Apr 2020 652 66.3 31.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 34.9
MaltaToday 3–10 Mar 2020 653 68.1 26.3 – 2.2 0.0 0.0 41.8
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2020 655 66.3 32.1 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 34.2
MaltaToday 24–31 Oct 2019 656 61.2 37.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 14.1
MaltaToday 26 Sep – 3 Oct 2019 652 63.3 32.5 2.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 30.8
Sagalytics 16–20 Sep 2019 660 58.1 39.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 19.0
2019 EP election 25 May 2019 – 54.3 37.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 5.1 16.4
MaltaToday 9–15 May 2019 652 57.8 38.1 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.5 19.7
MaltaToday 25 Apr – 3 May 2019 602 58.0 38.4 1.1 1.3 0.0 1.6 19.6
MaltaToday 28 Mar – 4 Apr 2019 597 62.5 37.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0
MaltaToday 22–27 Feb 2019 598 59.5 38.4 1.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 11.1
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2019 597 62.6 36.4 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 26.2
MaltaToday 6–14 Dec 2018 597 61.2 36.8 1.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 24.5
MaltaToday 5–8 Nov 2018 597 68.8 29.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 39.7
MaltaToday 1–6 Oct 2018 601 60.3 36.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 23.5
MaltaToday 27–30 Aug 2018 605 64.5 33.5 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 30.9
MaltaToday 27 Jul–2 Aug 2018 14 65.4 34.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 31.4
Esprimi 26–27 Jul 2018 1,100 65.4 23.1 – 3.5 – 8.0 42.4
Sagalytics Jun 2018 ? 58.5 40.7 – – – 0.8 17.8
MaltaToday 28–31 May 2018 552 63.0 35.7 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 27.4
MaltaToday 23–27 Apr 2018 553 58.0 40.7 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 17.4
MaltaToday 26 Feb–1 Mar 2018 501 63.3 33.0 2.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 30.2
Sagalytics 12–20 Feb 2018 600 60.5 37.5 – – – 1.9 23.0
MaltaToday 23–29 Jan 2018 501 58.3 40.1 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 18.2
MaltaToday 13–16 Nov 2017 497 67.1 27.9 0.8 4.2 0.0 0.0 39.2
Sagalytics 27 Oct–2 Nov 2017 530 66.8 29.0 – – – 4.2 37.8
MaltaToday 2–5 Oct 2017 506 67.5 31.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 35.6
2017 general election 3 Jun 2017 – 55.0 43.7 (FN) 0.8 0.4 0.1 11.4

Complete data[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		PL PN PD AD MPM Others Lead Not
voting 		Don't
know 		No
reply
MaltaToday 1–7 March 2022 1,000 37.4 30.0 0.3 – 3.3 7.4 29.0 –
MaltaToday 21 Feb-4 March 2022 1220 37.4 30.0 – – 0.6 7.4 8.5 20.5 –
MaltaToday 21–26 Feb 2022 597 36.2 30.5 0.1 – 1.1 5.7 9.4 19.1 –
MaltaToday 31 Jan–4 Feb 2022 643 44.1 32.4 1.7 – 0.0 11.7 9.4 11.5 –
MaltaToday 5–12 Jan 2022 647 43.5 28.6 0.9 – 0.6 14.9 10.4 13.9 –
MaltaToday 26 Nov 2021 – 2 Dec 2021 652 45.8 31.9 0.1 – 0.0 13.9 10.3 11.4 –
MaltaToday 28 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021 852 43.3 29.8 0.8 – 0.0 13.5 11.6 13.4 –
MaltaToday 27 Sep 2021 – 6 Oct 2021 647 43.2 27.3 1.6 – 0.0 15.9 12.3 12.4 –
MaltaToday 25 Aug 2021 – 2 Sep 2021 651 43.9 31.1 1.2 – 0.0 12.8 12.4 9.9 –
MaltaToday 28 Jun 2021 – 6 Jul 2021 651 44.9 32.4 1.1 – 0.0 12.5 8.4 12 –
MaltaToday 31 May – 4 Jun 2021 650 45.7 29.3 0.8 – 0.0 16.4 9.4 13.5 –
MaltaToday 3–7 May 2021 649 44.8 30.0 0.5 – 0.0 14.8 11.1 12.2 –
MaltaToday 5–9 Apr 2021 647 41.8 35.6 0.4 – 0.4 6.2 8.1 11.7 –
MaltaToday 1–5 Mar 2021 649 39.2 32.6 1.7 – 0.0 6.6 13.3 11.6 –
MaltaToday 1–5 Feb 2021 649 41.0 32.9 0.6 – 0.0 8.1 12.2 10.6 –
MaltaToday 4–8 Jan 2021 640 42.1 33.6 0.9 – 0.0 8.5 13.3 9.2 –
MaltaToday 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2020 641 42.9 30.3 0.3 – 0.0 12.6 13.8 11.1 –
MaltaToday 2–6 Nov 2020 654 44.2 32.4 0.7 – 0.0 11.8 11.7 10.0 –
MaltaToday 5–9 Oct 2020 654 40.3 30.3 0.9 – 0.0 10.0 12.3 13.9 –
MaltaToday 31 Aug – 4 Sep 2020 655 45.1 23.5 0.4 0.0 – 0.0 21.6 20.3 6.6 –
MaltaToday 13–17 Jul 2020 585 47.8 20.8 0.0 0.7 – 0.0 27.0 20.3 6.6 –
MaltaToday 12–18 Jun 2020 653 45.9 21.7 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 24.2 18.2 12.6 –
MaltaToday 11–15 May 2020 653 51.9 22.1 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 29.8 10.3 14.5 –
MaltaToday 6–9 Apr 2020 652 49.1 23.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 25.8 7.2 18.7 –
MaltaToday 3–10 Mar 2020 653 46.0 19.1 N 1.5 0.0 0.0 26.9 18.4 14.1 –
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2020 655 49.2 23.8 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 25.4 8.1 17.2 –
MaltaToday 24–31 Oct 2019 656 44.4 26.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 17.5 8.6 17.5 –
MaltaToday 26 Sep – 3 Oct 2019 652 45.3 23.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 22.0 15.1 14.0 –
2019 EP election 25 May 2019 – 38.0 26.5 1.4 0.5 0.2 3.3 11.5 30.0 – –
MaltaToday 9–15 May 2019 652 41.3 27.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.1 13.4 9.2 18.6 –
MaltaToday 25 Apr – 3 May 2019 602 44.1 29.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 1.2 15.1 9.8 12.4 –
MaltaToday 28 Mar – 4 Apr 2019 597 41.8 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 13.8 17.3 –
MaltaToday 22–27 Feb 2019 598 42.3 27.3 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 15.0 13.9 13.2 –
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2019 597 42.0 24.4 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 17.6 19.3 12.8 –
MaltaToday 6–14 Dec 2018 597 48.3 29.0 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 19.3 12.5 7.1 –
MaltaToday 5–8 Nov 2018 597 47.7 20.2 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 27.5 13.8 16.0 –
MaltaToday 1–6 Oct 2018 601 47.3 28.9 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 18.4 17.6 4.0 –
MaltaToday 27–30 Aug 2018 605 47.7 24.8 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 22.9 16.3 9.7 –
MaltaToday 27 Jul – 2 Aug 2018 597 52.0 27.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 25.0 10.6 9.7 –
Esprimi 26 – 27 Jul 2018 1,100 46.8 16.5 – 2.5 – 5.7 30.3 16.3 12.1 0.0
MaltaToday 28–31 May 2018 552 48.8 27.6 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 21.2 12.0 10.7 –
MaltaToday 23–27 Apr 2018 553 45.8 32.1 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 13.7 10.4 10.8 –
MaltaToday 26 Feb – 1 Mar 2018 501 49.6 25.9 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 23.7 11.1 10.6 –
Sagalytics 12–20 Feb 2018 600 46.6 28.9 – – – 1.5 17.7 6.5 4.2 12.3
MaltaToday 23–29 Jan 2018 501 42.0 28.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 13.1 10.3 17.4 0.2
MaltaToday 13–16 Nov 2017 497 49.8 20.7 0.6 3.1 0.0 0.0 29.1 15.7 6.5 3.6
Sagalytics 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2017 530 51.4 22.3 – – – 3.2 29.1 14.0 9.1
MaltaToday 2–5 Oct 2017 506 46.4 21.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 24.5 16.7 12.9 1.7
2017 general election 3 Jun 2017 – 50.0 39.7 (FN) 0.8 0.3 0.1 10.3 7.9 – –

Preferred Prime Minister[]

Abela and Grech[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abela
PL 		Grech
PN 		Neither / None Don't know No reply Other
Sagalytics 13 Mar 2022 N/A 55.6 34.4 9.5 – 5.4 –
Times of Malta 14–24 Feb 2022 600 55.3 17.3 17.2 – 10.2 –
MaltaToday 28 Jun–6 Jul 2021 651 51.6 30.4 14.6 3.3 – –
MaltaToday 31 May–4 Jun 2021 650 50.4 29.3 16.7 3.5 – –
MaltaToday 3–7 May 2021 649 49.6 25.7 18.1 6.6 – –
MaltaToday 5–9 Apr 2021 647 47.2 35.8 10.3 6.8 – –
MaltaToday 1–5 Mar 2021 649 39.8 34.8 18.9 6.5 – –
MaltaToday 1–5 Feb 2021 649 41.7 35.1 14.0 9.1 – –
MaltaToday 4–8 Jan 2021 640 42.1 34.7 19.1 4.1 – –
MaltaToday 30 Nov–4 Dec 2020 641 46.8 30.1 17.6 5.5 – –
MaltaToday 2–6 Nov 2020 654 48.4 31.5 16.1 3.9 – –
MaltaToday 5–9 Oct 2020 654 46.6 30.9 13.0 9.4 – –
MaltaToday 31 Aug–4 Sep 2020 655 51.7 32.1 11.6 4.6 – –

Abela and Delia[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abela
PL 		Delia
PN 		Neither / None Don't know No reply Other
MaltaToday 31 Aug–4 Sep 2020 655 56.0 12.0 29.7 2.4 – –
MaltaToday 13–17 Jul 2020 585 57.7 13.2 26.2 3.0 – –
MaltaToday 6–9 Apr 2020 652 62.4 17.3 12.8 7.4 – –
MaltaToday 3���10 Mar 2020 653 55.9 16.5 23.4 4.1 – –
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2020 655 62.5 13.5 16.6 7.4 – –

Muscat and Delia[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Muscat
PL 		Delia
PN 		Neither / None Don't know No reply Other
MaltaToday 24–31 Oct 2019 656 50.5 21.3 25.4 2.8 – –
MaltaToday 26 Sep–3 Oct 2019 652 54.1 16.7 26.0 3.3 – –
MaltaToday 25 June–1 Jul 2019 653 52.6 15.8 28.5 3.0 – –
MaltaToday 9–15 May 2019 849 50.6 22.8 23.2 3.4 – –
MaltaToday 25 Apr–3 May 2019 602 51.7 21.2 22.7 4.3 – –
MaltaToday 28 Mar–4 Apr 2019 597 49.6 21.5 23.9 5.0 – –
MaltaToday 22–27 Feb 2019 598 54.8 15.9 24.6 4.7 – –
MaltaToday 21–28 Jan 2019 597 54.8 20.4 20.0 4.9 – –
MaltaToday 6–14 Dec 2018 597 51.2 24.7 21.2 2.8 – –
MaltaToday 5–8 Nov 2018 597 54.5 17.8 23.1 4.6 – –
MaltaToday 1–6 Oct 2018 601 52.9 19.8 24.3 3.1 – –
MaltaToday 27–30 Aug 2018 605 53.5 17.9 1.6 27.1 – –
MaltaToday 27 Jul–2 Aug 2018 597 53.9 14.8 10.8 20.5 – –
Sagalytics Jun 2018 ? 62.8 36.6 – – – –
MaltaToday 28–31 May 2018 552 52.6 23.5 20.7 3.2 – –
MaltaToday 23–27 Apr 2018 553 48.6 27.2 18.8 5.4 – –
MaltaToday 26 Feb–1 Mar 2018 501 58.2 20.2 22.1 5.1 – –
Sagalytics 12–20 Feb 2018 600 47.5 22.6 0.6 11.9 16.2 1.1
MaltaToday 23–29 Jan 2018 501 41.0 15.4 15.2 28.3 – –
MaltaToday 6–14 Dec 2017 488 50.4 7.2 24.2 18.3 – –
MaltaToday 13–16 Nov 2017 497 53.7 15.2 3.1 27.5 0.5 –
MaltaToday 2–5 Oct 2017 506 50.9 22.1 16.6 10.0 0.5 –

Results[]

Voting stations were opened from 07:00 (UTC+01:00) to 22:00, and in total, there were 340,423 citizens that had the right to vote in the general election.[105][106] The turnout at 14:00 was reported at 44.8%, which was eight points lower than in 2017.[107]

PartyVotes%+/–
Labour Party–
Nationalist Party–
AD+PDNew
People's PartyNew
Volt MaltaNew
ABBANew
Independents–
Total–
Registered voters/turnout340,423–

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