List of political parties in Malta
In Malta there are two parties in parliament. Although MPs from other parties were also elected to parliament several times, they were unable to establish themselves.
Parties represented in parliament
Political party | Short | Alignment | Repräsendantenhaus- mandates |
European Parliament mandates |
founding year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist Party Partit Nazzjonalista |
PN |
Christian Democracy Conservatism |
28 | 3 | 1880 |
Labor Party Partit Laburista |
PL | Social democracy | 37 | 3 | 1920 |
Democratic Party | PD | Social democracy | 2 | 2016 |
Parties not represented in parliament
- Democratic Alternative (Malta) ( Alternattiva Demokratieika ) (green)
- Empire Europe (right-wing extremist)
- Alpha Liberal Democratic Party (Alpha Partit Liberali Demokratiku)
- Alleanza Liberal-Demokratika Malta
- Azzjoni Nazzjonali (right-wing conservative)
- KUL Evropa
- Libertas Malta (Eurosceptic)
- Communist Party of Malta (Partit Komunista Malti) (Communist)
Historical parties
- Constitutional Party
- Malta Workers Party
- National Action (Azzjoni Nazzjonali)
- Christian Workers Party
literature
- Uwe Jens Rudolf, Warren G. Berg: Historical Dictionary of Malta. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-5317-1 .