2024 European Parliament election in Malta

Last updated

2024 European Parliament election in Malta
Flag of Malta.svg
  2019 8 June 2024

All 6 Maltese seats in the European Parliament
Turnout72.98%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Robert Abela 2022.jpg Bernard Grech in 2022.jpg 190424 134454 thorium Surface.png
Leader Robert Abela [lower-alpha 1] Bernard Grech [lower-alpha 1] Norman Lowell
Party Labour Nationalist Imperium Europa
Alliance S&D EPP -
Last election4 seats; 54.29%2 seats; 37.24%0 seats; 3.17%
Seats won330
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote117,805109,3516,816
Percentage45.26%42.02%2.62%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.03Increase2.svg 4.12Decrease2.svg 0.55

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
ADPD
ABBA
Alexia DeBono.jpg
Arnas Lasys.jpg
Leader Sandra Gauci Ivan Grech Mintoff [lower-alpha 2] Alexia DeBono
Arnas Lasys [lower-alpha 1]
Party AD+PD ABBA Volt
Alliance Greens/EFA ECR Volt
Last election0 seats; 2.75% [lower-alpha 3] 0 seats; 0.46% [lower-alpha 4] New
Seats won000
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,109527298
Percentage1.19%0.20%0.11%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.56Decrease2.svg 0.26New

The 2024 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 8 June 2024 in tandem with local elections. [1] It was the fifth election to the European Parliament. Malta will elect 6 of the 720 Members of the European Parliament. [2] EU citizens aged 16 and over were entitled to vote, provided they have registered to do so. [1] Six different political parties had announced their participation, only 2 of these won seats in the last election those being the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, with 4 and 2 seats respectively. [3]

Contents

Outgoing standing of Maltese seats in the 2019-2024 EU Parliament

PartyEuropean PartyOutgoing delegation
Seats Group
Labour Party Incumbent MEPs: PES 4 S&D
Alfred Sant
Josianne Cutajar
Alex Agius Saliba
Cyrus Engerer
Logo of the Nationalist Party (Malta).svg Nationalist Party Incumbent MEPs: EPP 2 EPP
Roberta Metsola
David Casa

MEPs not standing for re-election

Departing MEPPartyEP GroupFirst electedDate announced
Josianne Cutajar Labour S&D 2019 15 January 2024 [4]
Cyrus Engerer Labour S&D 2020 27 April 2024 [5]
Alfred Sant Labour S&D 2014 12 March 2021 [6]

Electoral system

MEPs are elected from a nationwide six-seat constituency by single transferable vote. [7] Candidates who pass the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota in the first round are elected, and any surplus votes transferred to the remaining candidates, who will be elected if this enables them to pass the quota. [7] The lowest ranked candidates are then eliminated one-by-one with their preferences transferred to other candidates, who are elected as they pass the quotient, until all six seats are filled.

Participating parties/candidates

The below parties and/or independent candidates declared their participation in the upcoming European Parliament elections listed in order of candidate quantity. Times of Malta released a final list after nominations closed. [8] A total number of 39 candidates contested this election, also a record 13 of such being independents. [9]

PartyEuropean PartyQuantityNamesElection Program
Labour Party PES 9 Election Program
Logo of the Nationalist Party (Malta).svg Nationalist Party EPP 8 [10] Election Program
AD+PD logo.svg AD+PD EGP 4 [11] [12]
  • Sandra Gauci
  • Mina Tolu
  • Ralph Cassar
  • Rachelle 'REA' Deguara
Election Program
Insigne imperii Europaeae.svg Imperium Europa 2 Election Program
ABBA [14] ECPM 2
  • Ivan Grech Mintoff
  • Tania Gauci Fiorini
N/A
Volt Malta logo.svg Volt Malta Volt 1 [15] [16]
  • Matthias Iannis Portelli
Election Program
Independent candidates or
non-registered parties
Various or Non-inscrit13 [8] [9] Some of these candidates released programmes in the form of points throughout their campaigning.

The People's Party of Malta 2022 statutes logo.svg People's Party did not put forward any candidates.

Campaign

Labour Party

Nationalist Party

AD+PD

Imperium Europa

ABBA

ABBA started its campaign with two events organised in conjunction with the European Christian Political Movement party on 6 April 2024 in a Qawra hotel on 'Reclaiming the power for the member states'. Two pairs of individual speakers addressed the two consecutive events which revolved around 'Sovereignty and Healthcare' and 'Education and Foreign Policy'. Romanian MEP Cristian Terheș and party leader Ivan Grech Mintoff addressed the first meeting, with Valeriu Ghilețchi and lawyer and broadcaster Emmanuel 'Emmy' Bezzina addressed the second meeting. [28]

Four days before the election, therefore 4th June, Ivan Grech Mintoff resigned his leadership and membership of ABBA party. This comes after an open rift between Grech Mintoff and party secretary general Simon Elmer appeared on Grech Mintoff's protest method, that of egging the floor in debates he attends. [29] Nevertheless, Grech Mintoff appeared on the ballot as a member and leader of the party.

Volt Malta

Volt's campaign began with the adoption of their joint European election programme November 2023 in Paris, which the party shares with all other parties from Volt Europa. [30] On 1 February 2024, Volt announced its Vice President Matthias Iannis Portelli as its first (and only) candidate for the European elections. [31]

Independents

Allegations of voter fraud

Maltese courts on 24 May 2024 annulled the ID card residence registration of 99 'ghost voters' who illegally changed such voter registration address to unfinished and uninhabitable flat addresses in Siġġiewi following a successful lawsuit per illegaly registered voter by the Nationalist Party in opposition. [32] The legal battle involved 22 magistrates and took three weeks. This led to housing minister Roderick Galdes being disparagingly titled 'Electoral Fraud Minister' by Opposition-affiliated media NET . [33] This heavily implicates that the Labour Party stood to benefit from such voter address registration changes with also a win for said Labour Party further consolidated as such. [34]

Voting cards issued to deceased voters

Ex-ABBA leader Ivan Grech Mintoff alleged in a debate on Maltese national broadcaster Television Malta that a voter who has been dead for two years has been issued a voting card for the 2024 election, stating "F'din l-elezzjoni ħa jerġgħu jivvotaw il-mejtin" (English: In this election, dead people are going to vote again). Newsbook confirmed said deceased voter's identity and document and stated that such cases were not isolated. The Electoral Commission did not answer questions sent by Newsbook on these concerns. [35]

Similarly in August 2023, a whistleblower made claims that deceased people's identities were used to vote for the Labour Party in the 2022 general election. [36]

Debates

2024 Maltese European Parliament Election debates
DateTimeOrganizers   P Present   A Absent invitee N Non-invitee 
Labour Nationalist IE AD+PD ABBA Volt IndependentsRefs
21 February13:00National Youth Council of MaltaNP

Norma Camilleri LouisAnne Pulis

NP

Ralph Cassar Mina Tolu

NNN [37]
13 March12:30National Youth Council of MaltaP

Steve Ellul

P

Peter Agius

NP

Ralph Cassar

NN Arnold Cassola [38]
22 March12:00JEF MaltaP

Alex Agius Saliba Steve Ellul

P

Peter Agius Norma Camilleri

A

Norman Lowell

P

Sandra Gauci

P

Ivan Grech Mintoff

P

Matthias Iannis Portelli

Arnold Cassola [39]
3 April13:00National Youth Council of MaltaP

Thomas Bajada

P

Lee Bugeja Bartolo

NP

Sandra Gauci

NP

Matthias Iannis Portelli

Arnold Cassola [40]
12 April9:05Malta Chamber of CommerceP

Thomas Bajada

P

Norma Camilleri

P

Terrence Portelli

NNNN [41]
9:55P

Steve Ellul

P

David Agius

NP

Ralph Cassar

24 April8:30P

Peter Agius

N Arnold Cassola [42]
2 May12:30 MUDU P

Daniel Attard Marija Sara Vella Gafà

P

Peter Agius Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto

A

Norman Lowell OR Terrence Portelli

P [lower-alpha 6]

Mina Tolu

P [lower-alpha 7]

Ivan Grech Mintoff

  • James Ryder
[43]
10 May16:00National Youth Council of Malta

MaltaDaily

P

Daniel Attard Steve Ellul

Thomas Bajada

P

Norma Camilleri

Lee Bugeja Bartolo

A

Peter Agius

P

Terrence Portelli

P

Sandra Gauci

Mina Tolu

Ralph Cassar

P

Ivan Grech Mintoff

A

Tania Gauci Fiorini

P

Matthias Iannis Portelli

[44]
14 May17:00LovinMalta MaltaToday P

Steve Ellul

P

Lee Bugeja Bartolo

NP

Ralph Cassar

NP

Matthias Iannis Portelli

Simon Mercieca [45]
17 May9:00Malta Chamber of CommerceNNNNA

Ivan Grech Mintoff

P

Matthias Iannis Portelli

  • Simon Mercieca
  • Radu Gheorghe
[46]
10:00NN
  • Malcolm Bezzina
  • James Ryder
  • Alexander D'Agata
  • Stephen Florian
21 May11:55 Newsbook/RTK P

Steve Ellul

P

LouisAnne Pulis

NNP

Ivan Grech Mintoff

N Edwin Vassallo [47]
21 May17:00LovinMalta MaltaToday P

Thomas Bajada

P

Norma Camilleri

NP

Ralph Cassar

NP

Matthias Iannis Portelli

Arnold Cassola [48]
22 May21:00 TVM N [49]
28 May12:00 Newsbook/RTK P

Alex Agius Saliba

P

David Agius

NP

Mina Tolu

NP

Matthias Iannis Portelli

James Ryder [50]

Opinion polls

It is not uncommon for smaller parties to be grouped together or excluded in polls by Maltese media houses.

Polling firmSample
size
Logo of the Nationalist Party (Malta).svg Insigne imperii Europaeae.svg AD+PD logo.svg ABBA Volt Malta logo.svg IND/
Others
LeadNot
voting [lower-alpha 9]
Don't
know/
Invalid [lower-alpha 9]
30 May–04 June 2024 L-Orizzont [lower-alpha 10] 1,80050.940.13.55.510.83133 Invalid
22 May–04 June 2024 MaltaToday [lower-alpha 11] 1,00743.348.11.90.6--6.24.8
3–10 May 2024 MaltaToday 65749.441.78.97.730.6
6–10 May 2024 It-Torċa [lower-alpha 12] 1,00051.540.35.14.111.231
15–24 April 2024 MaltaToday 65650.744.25.16.529
1–13 April 2024 Esprimi 60045.438.03.213.47.441.0
7 March - 21 March 2024 MaltaToday 65752.842.64.610.223.4
27 Feb – 12 Mar 2024 Esprimi/Times of Malta 60052.439.38.313.133
26 Jan–05 Feb 2024 MaltaToday 64747.941.011.16.937.5
26 Mar 2022 2022 Maltese general election 55.141.7n/a1.60.50.10.413.424.42.9
25 May 2019 2019 European Parliament election in Malta 54.337.93.172.7 [lower-alpha 3] 0.5 [lower-alpha 4] n/a1.216.427.32.6

Results

Polls opened and closed on 8 June at 7am and 10pm CET respectively. Following the closing of the polls, all ballot boxes were sealed and transported to the vote counting complex in Naxxar. The count was conducted between 9.30am and 10pm when the results were revealed. [51]

Heavy speculation on whether the supermajority lead that the Labour Party has over the Nationalist Party will prevail or not dominated Maltese media reports. [52] [53] Final reports showed that the Labour Party won the election again, however at the expense of its majority decimated to 8,500 votes. [54]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Labour Party 117,80545.26–9.033–1
Nationalist Party 109,35142.02+7.123+1
Arnold Cassola 12,7064.88+3.6900
Imperium Europa 6,8162.62–0.5500
Conrad Borg Manché 5,9362.28New0New
AD+PD 3,1091.19–1.5600
ABBA 5270.20–0.2600
Volt Malta 2980.11New0New
Other Independents3,7101.43+1.220New
Total260,258100.0060
Valid votes260,25896.34
Invalid/blank votes9,8843.66
Total votes270,142100.00
Registered voters/turnout370,18472.98
Source: Electoral Commission of Malta [55]

By candidate

Count #CandidatePartyFPV [lower-alpha 13] FPV% [lower-alpha 14] Outcome
1
Roberta Metsola Nationalist 87,47333.61%Elected through first-preference votes
Alex Agius Saliba Labour 63,89924.55%
3
George Grixti Independent 200.01%Eliminated with 22 transferred votes
4
Malcolm Bezzina370.01%Eliminated with 40 transferred votes
5
Radu Gheorghi500.02%Eliminated with 56 transferred votes
6
Stephen Florian570.02%Eliminated with 69 transferred votes
7
Alexander D'Agata840.03%Eliminated with 98 transferred votes
8
Noel Apap1430.05%Eliminated with 154 transferred votes
9
Terrence Portelli Imperium Europa 1470.06%Eliminated with 158 transferred votes
10
Mina Tolu AD+PD 1870.07%Eliminated with 215 transferred votes
11
Ivan Grech Mintoff ABBA 2200.08%Eliminated with 232 transferred votes
12
Simon Mercieca Independent 2320.09%Eliminated with 281 transferred votes
13
Nazzareno Bonniċi2060.08%Eliminated with 289 transferred votes
14
Matthias Iannis Portelli Volt Malta 2980.11%Eliminated with 343 transferred votes
15
Rachelle Deguara AD+PD 2860.11%Eliminated with 369 transferred votes
16
Tania Gauci Fiorini ABBA 3070.12%Eliminated with 468 transferred votes
17
Ralph Cassar AD+PD 4740.18%Eliminated with 715 transferred votes
18
Adrian Zammit Independent 5790.22%Eliminated with 722 transferred votes
19
Jesmond Marshall Labour 6850.26%Eliminated with 873 transferred votes
20
Edwin Vassallo Independent 7170.28%Eliminated with 902 transferred votes
21
Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto Nationalist 4600.18%Eliminated with 1,130 transferred votes
22
Jesmond Bonello Labour 8580.33%Eliminated with 1,264 transferred votes
23
Lee Bugeja Bartolo Nationalist 6770.26%Eliminated with 1,697 transferred votes
24
Louis Anne Pulis6570.25%Eliminated with 1,896 transferred votes
25
James Muscat Independent 1,5850.61%Eliminated with 2,244 transferred votes
26
Sandra Gauci AD+PD 2,1620.83%Eliminated with 3,603 transferred votes
27
Norma Camilleri Nationalist 1,1320.43%Eliminated with 3,964 transferred votes
28
Marija Sara Vella Gafà Labour 3,4421.32%Eliminated with 5,245 transferred votes
29
Conrad Borg Manché Independent 5,9362.28%Eliminated with 7,641 transferred votes
30
Norman Lowell Imperium Europa 6,6692.56%Eliminated with 8,577 transferred votes
31
Clint Azzopardi Flores Labour 7,4822.87%Eliminated with 12,951 transferred votes
32
David Agius Nationalist 5,8512.25%Eliminated with 15,840 transferred votes
33
Steve Ellul Labour 9,6433.71%Eliminated with 17,846 transferred votes
34
Arnold Cassola Independent 12,7064.88%Eliminated with 22,941 transferred votes
35
Peter Agius Nationalist 9,4183.62%Elected with 38,236 transferred votes
David Casa 3,6831.42%Elected with 37,623 transferred votes
37
Daniel Attard Labour 11,7034.50%Elected with 34,764 transferred votes
Thomas Bajada 10,7924.15%Elected with 25,047 transferred votes
Claudette Abela Baldacchino 9,3013.57%Eliminated with 24,493 transferred votes

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Not contesting a EP seat
  2. No longer member and leader of the party since 4 June 2024, shall however appear on ballot papers as such.
  3. 1 2 Combined result of Democratic Alternative and Democratic Party vote shares before party merger
  4. 1 2 As Alliance for Change
  5. Stage name mistakenly reported as proper name by media. The proper name according to the official Electoral Commissioner press release — meaning which will appear on the ballot — is James Michael Muscat. [22]
  6. Attended but left midway.
  7. Attended but left after first question.
  8. Was not part of the debate but was granted 2 minutes floor time.
  9. 1 2 Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
  10. Sister newspaper of 'It-Torċa', a GWU-owned newspaper, closely aligned to the Labour Party.
  11. Survey was candidate based, thus the quantity in 'Other' will definitely include parties listed here and might overflow 100%. Percentages brought about by combining candidate first-preference vote shares. Thus the lead percentage and winning party may not be realistic.
  12. Sister newspaper of 'L-Orizzont', a GWU-owned newspaper, closely aligned to the Labour Party.
  13. First-preference votes
  14. Calculated based on the number of valid votes: 260,258

    Related Research Articles

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Nationalist Party (Malta)</span> Political party in Malta

    The Nationalist Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Labour Party (Malta)</span> Political party in Malta

    The Labour Party, formerly known as the Malta Labour Party, is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred Sant</span> Maltese writer, editor, politician

    Alfred Sant, is a Maltese politician and a novelist. He led the Labour Party from 1992 to 2008 and served as Prime Minister of Malta between 1996 and 1998 and as Leader of the Opposition from 1992 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2008. Sant is an established writer and playwright and has published several books.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Busuttil</span> Maltese politician

    Simon Busuttil is the Secretary General of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Formerly, he was Leader of the Opposition. and Leader of the Nationalist Party in Malta and a Member of the European Parliament for Malta.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Alternative (Malta)</span> Political party in Malta

    Democratic Alternative, sometimes referred to as AD – The Green Party, was a green political party in Malta. The party was initially founded by a coalition of former Labour Party members and environmental activists in 1989. On 1 August 2020 the party announced a plan to merge with the Democratic Party to form a new party called AD+PD. The merger was conducted on 17 October 2020.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Perici Calascione</span> Maltese politician (born 1962)

    Alex Perici Calascione is a Maltese politician and lawyer who currently serves as the deputy leader of the Nationalist Party (PN). He previously served as President of the party's Executive Committee until 2020, and as party treasurer until 2017.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Maltese general election</span>

    General elections were held in Malta on Saturday, 3 June 2017 to elect all members of the House of Representatives. The elections were contested by the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, the Nationalist Party, led by opposition leader Simon Busuttil, and four other parties, making it the elections with most parties participating since 1962.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Roderick Galdes</span> Maltese politician

    Roderick Galdes is a Maltese politician elected in the Maltese Parliament, on behalf of the Labour Party, since 2004. He is currently a member of the Cabinet of Ministers serving as Minister for Social and Affordable Accommodation.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason Azzopardi</span> Maltese politician

    Jason Azzopardi is a Maltese politician and lawyer. He graduated as Doctor of Laws with a master's degree in financial services from the University of Malta in 1996 and that year he started practicing as a private criminal lawyer in the courts of Malta.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Maltese general election</span>

    General elections were held in Malta on 26 March 2022 to elect all members of the House of Representatives.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 European Parliament election in Malta</span> 2019 election of members of the European parliament for Malta

    The 2019 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 25 May 2019. 8 different political parties took part in the election, of which, only 2 won seats in the European Parliament; the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, with 4 and 2 seats respectively.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Agius Saliba</span> Maltese politician

    Alex Agius Saliba is a Maltese politician, Member of the European Parliament since 2019 for the Labour Party.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernard Grech</span> Maltese politician and lawyer

    Bernard Grech is a Maltese politician and lawyer who has been the leader of the Nationalist Party and the Leader of the Opposition since 2020.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Volt Malta</span> Political party in Malta

    Volt Malta is a political party in Malta and the Maltese branch of Volt Europa, a Eurofederalist and progressive pan-European political party and movement, which advocates for greater European cooperation across Europe.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Eve Borg Bonello</span> Maltese activist and politician

    Eve Borg Bonello is a Maltese activist and politician who grew to prominence during the 2019-2020 Maltese protests for her vocal opposition to former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the corruption scandals that triggered the 2019 Malta political crisis and Muscat's eventual resignation.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">ABBA (political party)</span> Political party in Malta

    ABBA is a far-right and Christian right political party in Malta.

    Edwin Vassallo is a Maltese politician and businessman formerly from the Nationalist Party who served as a member of the Parliament of Malta from 1996 to 2022. He was elected to Parliament in the 1996 Maltese general election, and took office on 5 December 1996, and would serve until 20 February 2022 when Parliament dissolved before the 2022 elections. Vassallo was defeated in 2022 elections. Vassallo served as a Parliamentary Secretary in various capacities under the premierships of Eddie Fenech Adami and Lawrence Gonzi from 1998 until 2008. He also served as the mayor of Mosta from 2015 to 2016. Vassallo was also a member of the Parliamentary Petitions Committee in the Thirteenth Legislature from 2017 until 2022.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Borg (politician)</span> Maltese activist and politician

    Alex Borg is a lawyer and Maltese Member of Parliament. In April 2022, he was appointed shadow minister for Gozo.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Maltese local elections</span>

    Local council elections were held in Malta and Gozo on 8 June 2024, in tandem with the European Parliament elections. This is the second time that all local councils of Malta shall be elected simultaneously in a single election, following the 2015 reform abolishing the previous system of half-council elections.

    References

    1. 1 2 "Malta - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
    2. "L_2023238DE.01011401.xml". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
    3. "2019 European election results". election-results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
    4. "Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar will not seek re-election". Times of Malta. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
    5. "'Malta Deserves Change': Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer Opts Out Of Re-election". Lovin Malta. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
    6. "[WATCH] Alfred Sant will not contest next European Parliament election". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
    7. 1 2 "How Malta Votes: An Overview - Malta Elections". University of Malta. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
    8. 1 2 "Who are Malta's 39 MEP candidates?". Times of Malta. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
    9. 1 2 "Record number of independents are running for MEP". Times of Malta. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
    10. Mamo, Matthew (16 February 2024). "Il-PN japprova kandidat ieħor għall-elezzjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew" [PN approves another candidate for the European Parliament elections]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 9 April 2024. Bartolo b'hekk jingħaqad mal-MEPs Roberta Metsola u David Casa, kif ukoll ma' David Agius, Peter Agius, Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto, Norma Camilleri u LouiseAnne Pulis, li kienu approvati bħala kandidati matul l-aħħar xhur.[Bartolo thus joins MEPs Roberta Metsola and David Casa, as well as David Agius, Peter Agius, Miriana Calleja Testaferrata de Noto, Norma Camilleri and LouiseAnne Pulis, who were approved as candidates during the last months.]
    11. Micallef, Shaun (22 February 2023). "ADPD Announces Candidates For 2024 MEP Elections". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
    12. Camilleri, Maria Daniela (4 April 2024). "L-ADPD iħabbar r-raba' kandidat għall-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew" [ADPD announces its fourth candidate for the European Parliament elections]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
    13. Diacono, Tim (7 December 2023). "Norman Lowell Emerges As Most Popular MEP Candidate In Lovin Malta Online Poll". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    14. Diacono, Tim (26 March 2024). "Malta Out, Ukraine In? Candidates Send Maltese Flag To European Parliament Office In Protest". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    15. "Volt Malta's first MEP election candidate, Matthias Iannis Portelli". Volt Malta. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
    16. "Volt Malta announces first MEP election candidate". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
    17. "Nominations submitted today Saturday 27th April, 2024, between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m." electoral.gov.mt. Electoral Commission of Malta. 27 April 2024.
    18. Muscat, Gavin (9 April 2024). "Edwin Vassallo se jikkontesta l-elezzjoni tal-PE" [Edwin Vassallo shall be contesting the EP election]. Newsbook Malta (in Maltese). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    19. "Former parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo to stand for MEP elections". Times of Malta. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    20. "Edwin Vassallo to contest European elections, but not with the Nationalist Party". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    21. "Former PN parliamentary secretary to contest MEP election - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    22. https://electoral.gov.mt/pr1-25-04-2024-en
    23. Urpani, David Grech (5 April 2024). "Watch: 'Buckle Up And Settle Down' - James Ryder Officially Launches MEP Campaign". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    24. Diacono, Tim (6 April 2024). "Watch: 'I Think I Can Get Elected' - James Ryder's First Interview As 'Clown' MEP Candidate". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
    25. Diacono, Tim (25 April 2024). "John Dalli Signs Simon Mercieca's Nomination To Contest MEP Election". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
    26. 1 2 3 "Historian-blogger Simon Mercieca to contest for MEP with former Abba candidates". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
    27. "MEP 2024 - NOMINATIONS RECEIVED 26/04/2024 ALL DAY". electoral.gov.mt. Electoral Commission. 26 April 2024.
    28. "Reclaiming the power for the member states". Abba Party. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
    29. "Four days before election, MEP candidate Ivan Grech Mintoff offers resignation as Partit ABBA leader". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
    30. Ismailai, Roza (18 December 2023). "PartyParty Attends: VOLT Europa Congress". PartyParty. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
    31. "Volt Malta announces first MEP election candidate". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
    32. Balzan, Jurgen (24 May 2024). "Court strikes off all 99 'ghost voters' in Siġġiewi electoral fraud case". Newsbook.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
    33. Falzon, Julia (26 May 2024). "Roderick Galdes deskritt bħala l-Ministru "tal-Frodi Elettorali"" [Roderick Galdes described as Minister "for Electoral Fraud"]. NETnews (in Maltese). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
    34. "Updated: PN wins all cases related to Siggiewi voter fraud - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 26 May 2024. Nationalist Party says that Labour Party tried to steal Siggiewi local council through voter fraud. - (PN General Secretary Michael) Piccinino said that the Nationalist Party is being careful to make sure that the election process is just, clean, and transparent. He continued that the PN opened these cases to ensure that the electoral registry is one which reflects reality. He added that everything which the government has done in this situation deserves to be condemned, and that the PL tried to steal the Siggiewi local council.
    35. ""Ħa jivvutaw il-mejtin" – Ivan Grech Mintoff" ["The dead are going to vote" – Ivan Grech Mintoff]. Newsbook.com.mt (in Maltese). Newsbook Malta ra b'għajnejh id-dokument u jikkonferma li mhux każ iżolat.[Newsbook Malta confirmed with its eyes the document and confirms that this is not an isolated case.]
    36. "Dead people's identities were used to vote for Labour, whistleblower claims". Times of Malta. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
    37. EWROAGORA - European Values | EWROAGORA - European Values 21.02.2024 13:00 CET Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana | By KNŻ - Kunsill Nazzjonali taż-ŻgħażagħFacebook . Retrieved 26 May 2024 via www.facebook.com.
    38. EWROAGORA - The Climate Crisis | EWROAGORA - The Climate Crisis | By KNŻ - Kunsill Nazzjonali taż-ŻgħażagħFacebook . Retrieved 26 May 2024 via www.facebook.com.
    39. [httpss://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2024-03-22/local-news/MEP-candidates-differ-in-opinions-on-environmental-priorities-and-migration-in-University-debate-6736259629 "MEP candidates differ in opinions on environmental priorities and migration in University debate - The Malta Independent"]. www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
    40. EWROAGORA: Malta & Europe | EWROAGORA: Malta & Europe 03.04.2024 13:00 CET Aula Magna, University of Malta Valletta Campus | By KNŻ - Kunsill Nazzjonali taż-ŻgħażagħFacebook . Retrieved 26 May 2024 via www.facebook.com.
    41. "Empowering Europe - MEPs in Dialogue". The Malta Chamber. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    42. "Strengthening Europe - MEPs in Dialogue". The Malta Chamber. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    43. "MEP candidates debate environment, defence to sparsely attended university event". Times of Malta. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    44. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
    45. Diacono, Tim (15 May 2024). "Watch: PL's Steve Ellul Urges People Of Israel To 'Get Rid Of Netanyahu'". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
    46. "Enhancing Europe - MEPs in Dialogue". The Malta Chamber. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
    47. L-Għażla għall-Ewropa: Il-bniedem baqagħlu valur? | L-Għażla għall-Ewropa: Il-bniedem baqagħlu valur? Dibattitu bejn kandidati għall-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew | By Newsbook MaltaFacebook . Retrieved 22 May 2024 via www.facebook.com.
    48. Diacono, Tim (23 May 2024). "Watch: PL Candidate Faces Debate Backlash After Urging All Six MEPs To 'Pull The Same Rope'". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
    49. Popolin - TVMi.mt. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024 via tvmi.mt.
    50. Lia, Gabriel. "L-Għażla għall-Ewropa: Meritokrazija jew lil min taf?".
    51. Muscat, Gavin (9 June 2024). "Jibda l-proċess tal-għadd tal-voti fin-Naxxar" [Initiated the vote-counting process in Naxxar]. Newsbook.com.mt (in Maltese).
    52. "Labour claims victory in European elections, but supermajority has been slashed • Gap could fall to 9,000". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
    53. "Live blog: Labour wins but humbled, as lead decimated in MEP election". Times of Malta. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
    54. "Shockwaves inside Labour as fabled supermajority is decimated to 8,500". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
    55. "Electoral Commission of Malta". electoral.gov.mt. Retrieved 10 June 2024.