2009 European Parliament election in Malta
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An election of the delegation from Malta to the European Parliament was held on 6 June 2009, on the same day as the 2009 Maltese local council elections.
Candidates
[edit]Alternattiva Demokratika – AD (Democratic Alternative)
[edit]Alleanza Liberali – ALDM (Liberal Alliance)
[edit]Alpha Partit Demokratiku Liberali – APDL (Alpha Liberal Democratic Party)
[edit]Azzjoni Nazzjonali – AN (National Action (Malta))
[edit]Imperium Europa – IE (European Empire)
[edit]- Norman Lowell
- Reuben Attard
K.U.L. Ewropa (KULE)
[edit]Libertas Malta (LM)
[edit]Partit tal-Ajkla – PA (Eagle's Party)
[edit]Partit Laburista (Malta Labour Party) – PL
[edit]- Claudette Abela Baldacchino
- John Attard Montalto
- Glenn Bedingfield
- Steve Borg
- Maria Camilleri
- Joseph Cuschieri
- Sharon Ellul-Bonici
- Louis Grech
- Kirill Micallef Stafrace
- Marlene Mizzi
- Edward Scicluna
- Christian Zammit
Partit Nazzjonalista (PN)
[edit]- Simon Busuttil
- David Casa
- Rudolph Cini
- Alan Deidun
- Edward Demicoli
- Vince Farrugia
- Roberta Metsola Tedesco Triccas
- Alex Perici Calascione
- Frank Portelli
- Marthese Portelli
Results
[edit]The turnout was 78.81%.[1] The Partit Laburista garnered 54.77% of first-count votes and the Partit Nazzjonalista garnered 40.49%; 2.31% of votes cast were invalid.[2] Simon Busuttil MEP was the only candidate to be elected on the first count with 68,782 (27.72%) single votes.[1][3]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Seats | +/– | Post-Lisbon | +/– | |||||
Labour Party | 135,917 | 54.77 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +1 | ||
Nationalist Party | 100,486 | 40.49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Democratic Alternative | 5,802 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Imperium Europa | 3,637 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
National Action | 1,595 | 0.64 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Libertas Malta | 298 | 0.12 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Liberal Alliance | 189 | 0.08 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Alpha Liberal Democratic Party | 118 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ajkla | 80 | 0.03 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
K.U.L. Ewropa | 47 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 248,169 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 248,169 | 97.69 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,870 | 2.31 | ||||||
Total votes | 254,039 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 322,411 | 78.79 | ||||||
Source: Electoral Commission |
Elected MEPs
[edit]Candidate | Party | EU Party | 1st count | 29th count | |
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Simon Busuttil | PN | EPP | 68,782 | 41,362 | |
David Casa | PN | EPP | 6,539 | 41,362 | |
Louis Grech | PL | PES | 27,753 | 40,529 | |
Edward Scicluna | PL | PES | 24,574 | 39,250 | |
John Attard Montalto | PL | PES | 12,880 | 30,129 |
Joseph Cuschieri | PL | PES | 19,672 | 29,375 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Press releaseservizzi u informazzjoni tal-gvern Archived 11 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official: PL victory at 55% - Full first count list, two MEPs set to lose seat".
- ^ "Simon Busuttil re-elected with record 68,782 votes".
See also: Presidential elections