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Malta 2003 general election

What was the result of the 2003 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 35 of 65 seats with 51.8% of the vote. 95.7% 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; 95.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 1998.

  • Nationalist Party 35 0 seats 51.8% 0.0 points
  • Labour Party 30 0 seats 47.5% +0.5 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 0.7% −0.5 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 1998 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. +0.5 points

    Share of the vote gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1998. Democratic Alternative lost 0.5 points.

  3. 95.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.3 points on 1998.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party35051.80.0146,172
Labour Party30047.5+0.5134,092
Democratic Alternative000.7−0.51,929

± is the change against the Malta 1998 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 146,172
  • Labour Party 134,092
  • Democratic Alternative 1,929

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?

95.7% of the 297,930 registered voters cast a ballot (285,122 ballots), up 0.3 points on 1998. 282,213 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party51.8% of votes53.8% of seats
  • Labour Party47.5% 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 4.3 points of the vote.

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