2014 European Parliament election in Malta
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| Turnout | 74.8%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 European Parliament election in Malta elected Malta's delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the third such election held in Malta. The elections were held on Saturday, 24 May 2014.
The parties that contested the election were: Labour Party, Nationalist Party, Democratic Alternative, Imperium Europa, Alleanza Bidla, Alleanza Liberali, Partit Ta' L-Ajkla.
Candidates
[edit]- Lino Bianco
- Clint Camilleri
- Peter Cordina
- Joseph Cuschieri
- Miriam Dalli
- Mario Borg Farrugia
- Charlon Gouder
- Ivan Grixti
- Marlene Mizzi
- Alfred Sant
- Deborah Schembri
- Fleur-Anne Vella
Partit Ta' L-Ajkla
[edit]- Raymond Bugeja
- David Casa
- Therese Comodini Cachia
- Kevin Cutajar
- Helga Ellul
- Stefano Mallia
- Roberta Metsola
- Kevin Plumpton
- Jonathan Shaw
- Norman Vella
- Francis Zammit Dimech
Alleanza Liberali
[edit]Results
[edit]The Labour Party won the election with a little over 53% of the votes. The result was announced by the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat.[2]
The Nationalist Party won 40%, Democratic Alternative 2.9%, Imperium Europa 2.8% and others 0.96%.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 134,462 | 53.39 | 3 | –1 | |
| Nationalist Party | 100,785 | 40.02 | 3 | +1 | |
| Democratic Alternative | 7,418 | 2.95 | 0 | New | |
| Imperium Europa | 6,761 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ajkla | 1,208 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alleanza Bidla | 1,015 | 0.40 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Alliance | 202 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 251,851 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 251,851 | 97.77 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,737 | 2.23 | |||
| Total votes | 257,588 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 344,356 | 74.80 | |||
| Source: Electoral Commission | |||||
Despite receiving just 40% of the electors vote, the Nationalist Party won its third seat, previously held by the Labour Party. Therefore, the elected candidates are:
1. Alfred Sant (PL) (48739 votes)
2. Roberta Metsola (PN) (38442 votes)
3. Miriam Dalli (PL) (37533 votes)
4. David Casa (PN) (36371 votes)
5. Marlene Mizzi (PL) (35630 votes)
6. Therese Comodini Cachia (PN) (29580 votes).[3]
See also
[edit]- 2014 European Parliament election
- European elections in Malta
- 2009 European Parliament election in Malta
- 2004 European Parliament election in Malta
References
[edit]- ^ "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Malta - European Parliament". Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Malta - European Parliament.
- ^ Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Labour supporters celebrate big election victory - Majority exceeds 33,000 votes, 54% - Muscat says outcome better than expected". timesofmalta.com.
- ^ a b "European Parliament Elections - 2014 Count 1-10". Government of Malta. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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