| Malta | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Malta |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEPs | 5 (2004–2011) 6 (2011–present) |
| Sources | |
Malta is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Malta. It is currently represented by six Members of the European Parliament. The electoral system used is single transferable vote.
| Election | MEP (party) | MEP (party) | MEP (party) | MEP (party) | MEP (party) | MEP (party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | John Attard Montalto (Labour) | Simon Busuttil (Nationalist) | David Casa (Nationalist) | Louis Grech (Labour) | Joseph Muscat (Labour) | 5 Seats | ||||||
| 2009 | Joseph Cuschieri (Labour) | Edward Scicluna (Labour) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Roberta Metsola (Nationalist) | Marlene Mizzi (Labour) | Claudette Abela Baldacchino (Labour) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Miriam Dalli (Labour) | Alfred Sant (Labour) | Therese Comodini Cachia (Nationalist) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Francis Zammit Dimech (Nationalist) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Josianne Cutajar (Labour) | Alex Agius Saliba (Labour) | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Cyrus Engerer (Labour) | |||||||||||
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