Malta's Labour Party wins parliamentary elections for the fourth time
Kyiv • UNN
Malta's Labour Party has won its fourth consecutive election with a turnout of 87%. Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that he had received a strong mandate.
The center-left Labour Party (MLP) has secured an unprecedented fourth term in Malta's general election, according to preliminary results. This was reported by DW, according to UNN.
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More than 340,000 people were eligible to vote in the European Union's smallest country. Voter turnout stood at 87%.
Prime Minister Robert Abela told reporters that the results show his party has "received a strong mandate." "Let us maintain the spirit of national unity and move the country forward together," he said.
"This is not the result we wanted, but it is a very clear message. We will continue to work to be a strong alternative for the country,"
Official results are expected to be announced later on Sunday.
Abela, 48, called the snap election a year early. He stated that his government needed a new mandate to lead the country through the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Pre-election polls showed his party as the clear favorite.
The Nationalist Party sought to present its 30-year-old candidate, Borg, as a new alternative capable of changing the political course after more than a decade of Labour rule. Borg—a lawyer and former "Mr. Malta" beauty pageant winner—criticized the chaos in the country, pointing specifically to problems in the healthcare system and power outages.