2022 Maltese general election

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2022 Maltese general election
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65+ seats in the House of Representatives
33+ seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader Robert Abela Bernard Grech
Party Labour Nationalist
Leader since 12 January 2020 3 October 2020
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 Party



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General elections are scheduled to be held in Malta by 2022, when the parliament elected in 2017 reaches the end of its five year term. However, the elections may be held sooner if a government loses a motion of no confidence or chooses to call a snap election.

Electoral system[]

Members of Parliament are elected from 13 five-seat constituencies by single transferable vote.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[2]

Political parties[]

Current composition[]

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

Name Ideology Leader 2017 result
Votes (%) Seats
PL Labour Party
Partit Laburista 		Social democracy Robert Abela 55.0%
37 / 67
PN Nationalist Party
Partit Nazzjonalista 		Liberal conservatism Bernard Grech 42.1%
28 / 67
ADPD ADPD Green politics Carmel Cacopardo 1.6% (PD)
0.8% (AD)
2 / 67

Opinion polls[]

Complete data[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		PL PN PD AD MPM Others Lead Not
voting 		Don't
know 		No
reply
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 – 0.0 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 –
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
Sagalytics Jun 2018 ? 58.5 40.7 – – – 0.8 17.8 – – –
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 – –

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
Sagalytics 16–20 Sep 2019 660 58.1 39.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 19.0
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

Preferred Prime Minister[]

Abela and Grech[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abela
PL 		Grech
PN 		Neither / None Don't know No reply Other
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 –

References[]

  1. ^ a b "How Malta Votes: An Overview - Malta Elections". www.um.edu.mt. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. ^ a b "Malta, electoral system". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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