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LIVE DATA · Sheet 1 of 5

A Century of Red & Blue. One Dashboard.

Every Maltese general election since 1921 — national and district-level — visualised, explorable and comparable. Powered by 110 Analytics.

Years of Data
101yrs
Elections
25
Districts
13
Data Points
5K+
PL vs PN · Election Record
Pre-1964 elections had multiple parties under colonial rule. Modern two-party era begins 1966.
1966 2022
PL
PL
Partit Laburista
Labour Party · Founded 1920
General
Elections
wins
Total Votes
Streak
Seats
VS
— LEADS
PN
PN
Partit Nazzjonalista
Nationalist Party · Founded 1926
General
Elections
wins
Total Votes
Streak
Seats
PL · Election Win Share · PN
50.0%50.0%
01 · National Timeline
PL vs PN — The Century
National vote share across all general elections, 1921 – 2022
Note: Malta gained independence in 1964. Elections before this period had a different political landscape — multiple parties, colonial governance, and varying electoral structures. The modern two-party era (PL vs PN) effectively begins in 1966.
1966 2022
02 · Election Ribbon
Every election · 1966 → 2022 · tap a year to jump to it
03 · Election Explorer
Pick any election
Deep-dive into a single year — national numbers, swing vs previous, and turnout
PL · Partit Laburista
Votes Seats
PN · Partit Nazzjonalista
Votes Seats
Registered
Valid Votes
Turnout
cast / register
Others
Margin
Total Seats
04 · District Map
13 Districts · Tap to Explore
Tile map of Malta's electoral districts for the selected election year. Colour = winning party, brightness = % share.
PL won PN won No data

District —

Select a district
District Timeline
Showing · District 1
PL vs PN vote share · 1921 – 2022
05 · Battleground Districts
Safe Seats & Swing Seats
13-district era · from 1976
Every district's voting history since 1976 (when Districts 11–13 were introduced), ranked by volatility — which seats are rock-solid and which actually decide elections.
Safest PL Stronghold
Safest PN Stronghold
Most Volatile
True Battleground
06 · The Swingometer
Drag the Slider. Watch Malta Flip.
Starts from the 2022 result. Apply a uniform swing to see how the district-level picture would change.
−15% PN 0 +15% PL
No swing · 2022 baseline
Uniform swing model — applies the same swing to every district equally. Real swings vary by district; this is an illustrative projection, not a prediction.
PL districts led
VS
PN districts led
0Districts flipped vs 2022
07 · Compare Two Elections
Head-to-head
Pick any two elections to see how Malta shifted
VS
08 · Guess the Year
Think you know Maltese elections?
We show you the result. You guess the year. How many can you get right in a row?
Mystery Election
National vote share
Which year was this election?
Pick a year…
Score 0 / 0 · Streak 0
A CENTURY OF LEADERSHIP · 1921 — 2026

Fourteen Prime Ministers. One hundred years of office.

Every person who has led the Government of Malta — from the first self-government in 1921, through British rule, independence, republic, EU accession, and beyond. Visualised by 110 Analytics.

DAYS OF MALTESE
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Total PMs
14
since 1921
Years Covered
105
1921 → 2026
Longest Serving
Mintoff
≈ 16.3 yrs · 2 stints
Days: PL vs PN
·
in the modern era
Powered by & Data from
01 · The Cinematic Timeline
Scroll · Click any portrait
02 · Years in Power — Total Time in Office
Labour (PL) Nationalist (PN) UPM Constitutional MWP
03 · The Portrait Wall
FILTER
LIVE DATA · Sheet 2 of 5

Malta Votes.
Like No Other Country.

Even at its lowest, Maltese turnout leaves most democracies in the dust. Here's the 1996 – 2022 modern era — nationally, globally, and district-by-district.

Highest Ever
Lowest Recorded
Average
1996 – 2022
Latest · 2022
Still top-10 globally
01 · Modern Era Turnout
Turnout · 1996 → 2022
Cyan line = Malta turnout · Dashed line = global democracy average (~65%) · Cyan dot = highest · Magenta dot = lowest
02 · Malta vs The World
Voluntary Voting · Global Leaderboard
Most recent national election, major democracies. Malta in cyan. Grey bars = compulsory-voting countries for reference.
03 · Where Did Every Vote Go?
Anatomy of an Election
For every registered voter — what happened on election day
04 · District × Year Heatmap
Seven Decades of Participation
Pick any two districts to compare their turnout trajectory side by side.
vs
05 · District Turnout Race
Ranked by Turnout
Selected election
26 March 2022 · General Election

Election Night 2022 — Replayed

The night Labour secured a third consecutive term — reconstructed in the same control-room style we build for live counts. Toggle the views to explore the gap, the swing, and the running totals.

Robert Abela
PL
ROBERT ABELA
Prime Minister · Partit Laburista
55.1%National Share
162,707Total Votes
VS
LABOUR WINS · +39,474 VOTES
Bernard Grech
PN
BERNARD GRECH
Opposition Leader · Partit Nazzjonalista
41.7%National Share
123,233Total Votes
PL · 162,707 Total Party Votes — 2022 General Election PN · 123,233
55.1%3.2% Other41.7%
RESULT CALLED SUN 27 MAR 2022

The Verdict

79 seats · 14th Parliament of Malta · Majority declared for Partit Laburista

PL
Partit Laburista
0
Seats Won
Share55.1%
Votes162,707
Majority · 40
PL Lead
+9
Seats over PN
PN
Partit Nazzjonalista
0
Seats Won
Share41.7%
Votes123,233
Breaking
Interactive · 2022 Results

Malta by District

Each of Malta's 13 electoral districts is coloured by the winning party. Click any district to see the full result — vote split, margin, and the MPs elected.

Labour won Nationalist won
PROJECTED DISTRICTS GAP

District Vote Share · 2022

Where each district landed — PL, PN, Others

Swing vs 2017

PL share change by district (percentage points)
Candidates · 1st Preference Votes

The 175 names on the ballot

Every first-preference vote cast across Malta's 13 electoral districts in 2022. Pick a district to see who topped the count, or search for any of the 175 candidates to see their full performance.

Total Candidates
175
Across 13 districts
Ran in 2 Districts
125
71% of all candidates
Top Vote-Getter
Highest Single District
Labour (PL) Nationalist (PN) ADPD (A+) Partit Popolari (PP) Partit Ajkien (PA) Kissirna (KI) Abba Party (AP) Volt Malta (VM)
Note: Candidates contesting in the same district as party leaders (Robert Abela D2 + D5 and Bernard Grech D5 + D11) will have their 1st preference count skewed lower, as a majority of voters tend to give their first preference to the party leader.

District Leaderboard

Top candidates by 1st preference
Viewing
District 1Valletta · Floriana · Ħamrun · Marsa

National Top 16

Highest 1st preference votes nationwide

Candidate Search

Find any of the 175 candidates — see party, district ranks, and full performance
Start typing to find a candidate.
Try Abela, Grech, Fearne

Candidate Battle

Compare up to 4 candidates head-to-head
Note: Candidates contesting in the same district as party leaders (Robert Abela D2 + D5 and Bernard Grech D5 + D11) will have their 1st preference count skewed lower, as a majority of voters tend to give their first preference to the party leader. Candidates in these districts are flagged below.

Multi-District Analysis

How do candidates perform when they contest in more than one district?
LIVE DATA · Sheet 4 of 5

The Droop Quota.
Five Seats per District.

How Malta's Single Transferable Vote system turns raw ballots into MPs. Explore the formula, simulate election night, and see how gender safeguards reshape the final Parliament.

The Droop Formula
Quota = ⌊ Total Valid Votes ÷ (5 + 1) ⌋ + 1

The Quota

In Malta, each of the 13 districts elects 5 MPs. The quota is the minimum number of votes needed to guarantee a seat — calculated via the Droop formula above so only the number of seats available can be filled.

All District Quotas (click to select)
0 ÷ 6 ⌋ + 1
0
Why the +1? The "+1" is crucial. Without it, it would theoretically be possible for all 6 candidates to reach the threshold. With it, the mathematics guarantee that at most 5 candidates can possibly accumulate enough votes to be elected — exactly matching the number of seats available.

First Preferences by District

See how votes were distributed across all candidates on their first preference votes. The cyan line shows the quota threshold. Only candidates above this line are elected on the first count.

Select a district

First Count Heroes

Only a handful of candidates reached the quota on their first preference votes alone. These are the STV champions who were elected without needing vote transfers.

Rank Name Party District 1st Prefs Quota Surplus

Constitutional Safeguards

Malta's Constitution includes mechanisms to ensure fair representation beyond the initial STV count. These safeguards protect minority parties and under-represented genders.

Gender Quota (Art. 52A)

If fewer than 40% of MPs belong to one gender, additional seats are created and allocated to that gender. First applied in the 2022 elections.

(A + x) / (B + x) ≥ 0.40

A = under-rep. gender seats
B = total seats
x = new seats created
2022 Women Elected 18 / 65 (27.7%)
Seats Created +12
New Parliament Size 79 seats
Majority Bonus (Art. 52)

If a party wins over 50% of first-preference votes but wins fewer seats than another party, it receives bonus seats to ensure the vote leader becomes the seat leader.

If (votes₁ > 50% AND seats₁ < seats₂)
Then seats₁ += bonus
2022 PL Votes 55.1%
Status Not triggered
Reason PL had majority
LIVE DATA · Sheet 5 of 5

The Survey Tracker.
Who Actually is Accurate?

Malta's biggest polling firms tracked side-by-side with verified data. Toggle between party vote share and leader trust ratings to see who read the electorate — and who missed.

◈ BATTLEGROUND 3 pollsters · 1 truth
Malta Today
Malta Today
VS
Marmara
Marmara
VS
Times of Malta
Times of Malta

Real Time Poll Updates

LIVE TRACKER

From Alex Borg's First Day to Election Day

Every poll since Alex Borg took the PN helm. Switch between party support and leader approval to see how the race and the face of it have shifted in real time.

Interactive Toggle Party SupportLeader Approval, and compare pollsters side-by-side
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Pollsters
Select at least one pollster to see the trend

The Gap Race

THE 2026 ROADMAP · CHAPTER 354

Election Day · Saturday 30 May 2026 · every step unfolds below

This is the minimum legal timeline set by Malta's Electoral Act — the shortest path the law allows from writ to count. The Prime Minister can issue the writ earlier, which stretches the campaign window; every deadline here assumes the statutory minimum. Election Day is locked to 30 May 2026 — explore other dates below to see how the template shifts.

Election Day · explore other dates
30/05/2026
Official date: 30 May 2026. Timeline shown is the statutory minimum — the PM can call earlier.
Countdown
days to Election Day
◂ Scroll horizontally · vertically to see all phases ▸
Writ & Notices Electoral Register Candidates Voting Documents Ballot Papers Voting Days Source: General Elections Act (Cap. 354)
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More to come

This dashboard keeps growing. If there's a story hidden in the data, we'll find the way to tell it — new angles, new visuals, new ways to look at Malta's elections.