2024 European Parliament election in Malta
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Malta
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The 2024 European Parliament election will be held in Malta on 8 June 2024 in tandem with local elections.[1] It will be the fifth election to the European Parliament. Malta will elect 6 of the 720 Members of the European Parliament.[2] EU citizens aged 16 and over are entitled to vote, provided they have registered to do so.[1] Six different political parties have announced their participation, only 2 of these won seats in the last election these being the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, with 4 and 2 seats respectively.[3]
Standing of Maltese seats in the EU Parliament
| Party | European Party | Outgoing delegation | ||||
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| Seats | Group | |||||
| Labour Party | Incumbent MEPs: | PES | 4 | S&D | ||
| Alfred Sant | ||||||
| Josianne Cutajar | ||||||
| Alex Agius Saliba | ||||||
| Cyrus Engerer | ||||||
 Nationalist Party | Incumbent MEPs: | EPP | 2 | EPP | ||
| Roberta Metsola | ||||||
| David Casa | ||||||
MEPs not standing for re-election
| MEP | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Sant[4] | Labour | |
Participating parties/candidates
The below parties and/or independent candidates have declared their participation in the upcoming European Parliament elections in order of candidate quantity as of 14 April 2024:[5]
| Party | European Party | Quantity | Names | |||
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| Labour Party | PES | 9 |
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 | Nationalist Party | EPP | 8[6] |
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 | AD+PD | EGP | 4[7][8] |
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 | Imperium Europa | – | 2 |
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| ABBA[10] | ECPM | 2 |
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 | Volt Malta | Volt | 1[11][12] |
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| Independent candidates or non-registered parties | Various or None |
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The 
People's Party has not yet put forward any candidates yet and may not participate in the election at this stage.
Campaign
Labour Party
Nationalist Party
AD+PD
Imperium Europa
ABBA
ABBA started its campaign with two events organised in conjunction with the European Christian Political Movement party on 6 April 2024 in a Qawra hotel on 'Reclaiming the power for the member states'. Two pairs of individual speakers addressed the two consecutive events which revolved around 'Sovereignty and Healthcare' and 'Education and Foreign Policy'. Romanian MEP Cristian Terheș and party leader Ivan Grech Mintoff addressed the first meeting, with Valeriu Ghilețchi and lawyer and broadcaster Emmanuel 'Emmy' Bezzina addressed the second meeting.[19]
Volt Malta
Volt's campaign began with the adoption of their joint European election programme November 2023 in Paris, which the party shares with all other parties from Volt Europa.[20] On 1 February 2024, Volt announced its Vice President Matthias Iannis Portelli as its first candidate for the European elections.[21]
Independents
Electoral system
MEPs are elected from a nationwide six-seat constituency by single transferable vote.[22] 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 quota.[22] 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 six seats are filled.
Opinion polling
It is not uncommon for smaller parties to be grouped together in polls, or totally excluded by Maltese media houses, who typically align with government or opposition. Where it comes to the third parties and independents, they have always outperformed opinion polling.
| Dates Conducted | Polling firm | Sample size | PL | |  |  | ABBA |  | IND/ Others | Lead | Not voting[c] | Don't know/ Invalid[c] |
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| 7 March - 21 March 2024 | MaltaToday | 657 | 52.8 | 42.6 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 23.4 | – | ||||
| 27 Feb –12 Mar 2024 | Esprimi/Times of Malta | 600 | 52.4 | 39.3 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 33 | |||||
| 26 Jan –05 Feb 2024 | MaltaToday | 647 | 47.9 | 41.0 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 37.5 | |||||
| 26 Mar 2022 | 2022 Maltese general election | – | 55.1 | 41.7 | n/a | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 24.4 | 2.9 |
| 25 May 2019 | 2019 European Parliament election in Malta | – | 54.3 | 37.9 | 3.17 | 2.7[a] | 0.5[b] | n/a | 1.2 | 16.4 | 27.3 | 2.6 |
Notes
- ^ a b Combined result of Democratic Alternative and Democratic Party vote shares before party merger
- ^ a b As Alliance for Change
- ^ a b Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
References
- ^ a b "Malta - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "L_2023238DE.01011401.xml". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "2019 European election results". election-results.eu. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ "[WATCH] Alfred Sant will not contest next European Parliament election". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Diacono, Tim (2024-04-14). "These Are All Of Malta's MEP Candidates So Far". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ Mamo, Matthew (16 February 2024). "Il-PN japprova kandidat ieħor għall-elezzjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew" [PN approves another candidate for the European Parliament elections]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
Bartolo b'hekk jingħaqad mal-MEPs Roberta Metsola u David Casa, kif ukoll ma' David Agius, Peter Agius, Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto, Norma Camilleri u LouiseAnne Pulis, li kienu approvati bħala kandidati matul l-aħħar xhur.
[Bartolo thus joins MEPs Roberta Metsola and David Casa, as well as David Agius, Peter Agius, Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto, Norma Camilleri and LouiseAnne Pulis, who were approved as candidates during the last months.] - ^ Micallef, Shaun (2023-02-22). "ADPD Announces Candidates For 2024 MEP Elections". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Camilleri, Maria Daniela (4 April 2024). "L-ADPD iħabbar r-raba' kandidat għall-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew" [ADPD announces its fourth candidate for the European Parliament elections]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Diacono, Tim (2023-12-07). "Norman Lowell Emerges As Most Popular MEP Candidate In Lovin Malta Online Poll". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Diacono, Tim (2024-03-26). "Malta Out, Ukraine In? Candidates Send Maltese Flag To European Parliament Office In Protest". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Volt Malta's first MEP election candidate, Matthias Iannis Portelli". Volt Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Volt Malta announces first MEP election candidate". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Muscat, Gavin (9 April 2024). "Edwin Vassallo se jikkontesta l-elezzjoni tal-PE" [Edwin Vassallo shall be contesting the EP election]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Former parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo to stand for MEP elections". Times of Malta. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Edwin Vassallo to contest European elections, but not with the Nationalist Party". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Former PN parliamentary secretary to contest MEP election - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Urpani, David Grech (2024-04-05). "Watch: 'Buckle Up And Settle Down' - James Ryder Officially Launches MEP Campaign". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Diacono, Tim (2024-04-06). "Watch: 'I Think I Can Get Elected' - James Ryder's First Interview As 'Clown' MEP Candidate". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ simonelmer34 (2024-04-01). "Reclaiming the power for the member states". Abba Party. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
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- ^ "Volt Malta announces first MEP election candidate". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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