2014 European Parliament election in Malta

2014 European Parliament election in Malta

25 May 2014
All 6 Maltese seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	74.8%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Joseph Muscat Simon Busuttil Party Labour Nationalist Alliance S&D EPP Leader since 6 June 2008 8 May 2013 Last election 54.77% 4 seats 40.49% 2 seats Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 53% 40%

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

Imperium Europa

• Arlette Baldacchino
• Antoine Galea
• Norman Lowell

Partit Laburista

• 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

• Nazzareno Bonnici

Partit Nazzjonalista

• Raymond Bugeja
• David Casa
• Therese Comodini Cachia
• Kevin Cutajar
• Helga Ellul
• Stefano Mallia
• Roberta Metsola
• Kevin Plumpton
• Jonathan Shaw
• Norman Vella
• Francis Zammit Dimech

Alternattiva Demokratika

• Carmel Cacopardo
• Arnold Cassola

Alleanza Bidla

• Anthony Calleja
• Ivan Grech Mintoff

Alleanza Liberali

• Jean-Pierre Sammut

Results

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

• 2014 European Parliament election
• European elections in Malta
• 2009 European Parliament election in Malta
• 2004 European Parliament election in Malta

References

1. "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Malta - European Parliament". Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Malta - European Parliament.
2. Ltd, Allied Newspapers. "Labour supporters celebrate big election victory - Majority exceeds 33,000 votes, 54% - Muscat says outcome better than expected". timesofmalta.com.
3. "European Parliament Elections - 2014 Count 1-10". Government of Malta. Retrieved 29 May 2014.