Malta (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, Malta is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Malta. The electoral system used is single transferable vote.
| Malta | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Malta |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEPs | 5 (2004–2011) 6 (2011–present) |
| Sources | |
MEPs
| Election | MEP (party) |
MEP (party) |
MEP (party) |
MEP (party) |
MEP (party) |
MEP (party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | John Attard Montalto (Labour) |
Simon Busuttil (Nationalist) |
David Casa (Nationalist) |
Louis Grech (Labour) |
Joseph Muscat (Labour) |
5 Seats | ||||||
| 2009 | Joseph Cuschieri (Labour) |
Edward Scicluna (Labour) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Roberta Metsola (Nationalist) |
Marlene Mizzi (Labour) |
Claudette Abela Baldacchino (Labour) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Miriam Dalli (Labour) |
Alfred Sant (Labour) |
Therese Comodini Cachia (Nationalist) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Francis Zammit Dimech (Nationalist) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Josianne Cutajar (Labour) |
Alex Agius Saliba (Labour) | ||||||||||
Current MEPs
As of 2009:
| Candidate | Party | EU Party | 1st count | 29th count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Busuttil | PN | EPP | 68,782 | 41,362 | |
| David Casa | PN | EPP | 6,539 | 41,362 | |
| Louis Grech | PL | PES | 27,753 | 40,529 | |
| Edward Scicluna | PL | PES | 24,574 | 39,250 | |
| John Attard Montalto | PL | PES | 12,880 | 30,129 | |
| 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 13 June.
| 2004 • 2009 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Party leader | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 → | ||||||||||
| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | Seats (post-Lisbon) | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 → | ||||||||||
| National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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