Malta (European Parliament constituency)

Malta
Malta
	European Parliament constituency
	Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Malta
Created	2004
MEPs	5 (2004 - 2011); 6 (2011 - present)
Sources

In European elections, Malta is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Malta. The electoral system used is Single Transferable Vote.

Current MEPs

As of 2009:

Elected MEPs (5)
Candidate	Party	EU Party	1st count	29th count
Busuttil Simon Busuttil	PN	EPP	68,782	41,363 41,362
Casa David Casa	PN	EPP	6,539	41,362
Grech Louis Grech	PL	PES	27,753	40,529
Scicluna Edward Scicluna	PL	PES	24,574	39,250
Attard John Attard Montalto	PL	PES	12,880	30,129

Next in line for Treaty of Lisbon additional seat (1)
	Cuschieri Joseph Cuschieri	PL	PES	19,672	29,375

2004-2009

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
John Attard-Montalto	Partit Laburista	PES
Simon Busuttil	Partit Nazzjonalista	EPP–ED
David Casa	Partit Nazzjonalista	EPP–ED
Louis Grech	Partit Laburista	PES
Glenn Bedingfield*	Partit Laburista	PES

* Replaced Joseph Muscat as the latter was elected as leader of the Malta Labour Party

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Malta had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.

Summary of the results of Malta's 12 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Party leader	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
2004 • 2009 →
	Labour Party (MLP)	PES	Alfred Sant	118,983	48.42	—	3 / 5	—
	Nationalist Party (PN)	EPP–ED	Lawrence Gonzi	97,688	39.76	—	2 / 5	—
	Democratic Alternative (AD)	EGP	Arnold Cassola	22,938	9.33	—	0 / 5	—
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			6,113	2.49	—	0 / 5	—
Valid votes				245,722	98.02
Blank and invalid votes				5,239	1.98
Totals				250,691	100.00	—	5 / 5	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				304,283	82.39	—
Source: maltadata.com

2009

Summary of the results of Malta's 6 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–	Seats (post-Lisbon)	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
	Labour Party (MLP)	PES	135,917	54.77	6.35	3 / 5	0	4 / 6	1
	Nationalist Party (PN)	EPP–ED	100,486	39.76	0.73	2 / 5	0	2 / 6	0
	Democratic Alternative (AD)	EGP	5,802	2.34	6.99	0 / 5	0	0 / 6	0
	Imperium Europa		3,637	1.47		0 / 5	0	0 / 6	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)		2,327	1.66	—	0 / 5	0	0 / 6	0
Valid votes			248,169	97.69
Blank and invalid votes			5,870	2.31
Totals			254,039	100.00	—	5 / 5	0	6 / 6	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout			322,411	78.79	3.60
Source: Malta Data

2014

Summary of the results of Malta's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Leader(s)	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
	Labour Party (MLP)	PES	Joseph Muscat	53.39		3 / 6	0
	Nationalist Party (PN)	EPP–ED	Simon Busuttil	40.02		3 / 6	1
	Democratic Alternative (AD)	EGP	Arnold Cassola	2.94		0 / 6	0
	Imperium Europa			2.8		0 / 6	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)				—	0 / 6	0
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals				100.00	—	6 / 6	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				(78.79)
Source: Malta Data

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu

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