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Malta 2008 general election

What was the result of the 2008 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 35 of 69 seats with 49.3% of the vote. 93.3% 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 69 seats with 49.3% of the vote; 93.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.4 points on 2003.

  • Nationalist Party 35 0 seats 49.3% −2.5 points
  • Labour Party 34 +4 seats 48.8% +1.3 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 1.3% +0.6 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 2003 general election, party by party.

35 of 69 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 49.3%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 35 of 69 seats. A majority needs 35.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2003.

  3. 93.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.4 points on 2003.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party35049.3−2.5143,468
Labour Party34+448.8+1.3141,888
Democratic Alternative001.3+0.63,810

± is the change against the Malta 2003 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 143,468
  • Labour Party 141,888
  • Democratic Alternative 3,810

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?

93.3% of the 315,357 registered voters cast a ballot (294,214 ballots), down 2.4 points on 2003. 290,799 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1971 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party49.3% of votes50.7% of seats
  • Labour Party48.8% of votes49.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 0.6 points of the vote.

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