In total, 272 candidates contested for this election, 133 for Partit Laburista (PL), as well as for Partit Nazzjonalista (PN), three for Alternattiva Demokratika (AD), and other three as independents. The independent candidates contested respectively in Mġarr, Tarxien and Mtarfa. A party grouping Għall-Imtarfa Aħjar (For Better Mtarfa) contested the election in Mtarfa only.