European elections in Malta 2014

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First preferences in percent

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

53.39

40.02

2.95

2.68

0.96

PL

PN

AD

IE

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-1.38

-0.47

+0.61

+1.21

+0.03

PL

PN

AD

IE

Otherwise.

3

3

3 3 

A total of 6 seats

• PL : 3
• PN : 3

The 2014 European elections in Malta took place on May 24, 2014 as part of the 2014 EU- wide European elections . Malta has had six of the 751 seats in the European Parliament since the Treaty of Lisbon . Local elections were held parallel to the European elections.

Suffrage

The choice was made according to the preference voting system . The parties present lists of candidates, the voters cast their votes for certain candidates, whereby they can indicate a first and a second preference. The whole of Malta was considered a single constituency .

Starting position

Result 2009

The turnout was 78.8%, the highest turnout in the 2009 European elections in a country without compulsory voting. The election winner was the social democratic PL with 54.8% of the first preference votes cast and three seats, the conservative PN came with 40.5% and two seats. After the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, another MP came up for the PL. The strongest among the small parties was the green AD with 2.4%, the right-wing extremist IE achieved 1.4%.

Campaigning parties and candidates

The following parties were allowed to vote:

Political party	Abbr.	Candidates	Alignment	European party
Partit Laburista	PL	13	social democratic	European Social Democratic Party
Partit Nazzjonalista	PN	11	conservative-christian-democratic	European People's Party
Alternattiva Demokratika	AD	2	green	European Green Party
Empire of Europe	IE	3	right-wing extremist	-
Alleanza Bidla	FROM	2	EU skeptical	-
Alleanza Liberali	AL	1	liberal
Ajkla		1	Fun party

Results

The distribution of the first preferences was similar to 2009. The PL was able to attract the absolute majority of the first preferences, the PN accounted for 40.0%. When counting the other preferences, the PN was able to secure a third seat, with the PN candidate Cachia receiving 206 votes more than the PL candidate Camilleri Clint.

Political party	First preferences	proportion of	Seats
Partit Laburista	134,462	53.4	3
Partit Nazzjonalista	100,785	40.0	3
Alternattiva Demokratika	7,418	2.9	-
Empire of Europe	6,761	2.7	-
Ajkla	1,208	0.5	-
Alleanza Bidla	1,015	0.4	-
Alleanza Liberali	202	0.1	-
Valid votes	251.851	97.8	6th
Invalid votes	5,737	2.2
Voters	257,588	74.8
Eligible voters	344.356

The following were elected (in the order in which they were counted):

1. Alfred Sant (PL)
2. Roberta Metsola (PN)
3. Miriam Dalli (PL)
4. David Casa (PN)
5. Marlene Mizzi (PL)
6. Therese Comodini Cachia (PN)

See also : List of Maltese Members of the EU Parliament (2014-2019)

Web links

• Side of the Election Commission (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maltese Department of Information, June 6th, 2009: European Parliament Elections 2009 - Votes Cast ( Memento of the original of June 11th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Times of Malta, June 8, 2009: Official: PL victory at 55% - Full first count list, two MEPs set to lose seat .
3. ↑ Maltese Department of Information: European Parliament elections ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ www.electoral.gov.mt
5. ↑ daphnecaruanagalizia.com
6. ↑ www.gov.mt