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Malta 1998 general election

What was the result of the 1998 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 35 of 65 seats with 51.8% of the vote. 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Malta
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Nationalist Party won 35 of 65 seats with 51.8% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.8 points on 1996.

  • Nationalist Party 35 +1 seat 51.8% +4.0 points
  • Labour Party 30 −5 seats 47.0% −3.7 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 1.2% −0.3 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Malta 1996 general election, party by party.

33 of 65 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 51.8%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 35 of 65 seats. A majority needs 33.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Labour Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 95.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.8 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party35+151.8+4.0137,037
Labour Party30−547.0−3.7124,220
Democratic Alternative001.2−0.33,208

± is the change against the Malta 1996 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 137,037
  • Labour Party 124,220
  • Democratic Alternative 3,208

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

95.4% of the 281,078 registered voters cast a ballot (268,150 ballots), down 1.8 points on 1996. 264,492 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1981 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party51.8% of votes53.8% of seats
  • Labour Party47.0% of votes46.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 4.8 points of the vote.

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