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Malta 2009 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 2009 European Parliament election in Malta?

Labour Party won 3 of 5 seats with 54.8% of the vote. 78.8% 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 : Labour Party won 3 of 5 seats with 54.8% of the vote; 78.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 2004.

  • Labour Party 3 0 seats 54.8% +6.3 points
  • Nationalist Party 2 0 seats 40.5% +0.7 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 2.3% −7.0 points
  • Imperium Europa 0 1.5%
  • 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 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.

Key numbers

  1. 54.8%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    It led Nationalist Party by 14.3 points of the vote.

  2. +6.3 points

    Share of the vote gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in votes compared with 2004. Democratic Alternative lost 7.0 points.

  3. 78.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.6 points on 2004.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party3054.8+6.3135,917
Nationalist Party2040.5+0.7100,486
Democratic Alternative002.3−7.05,802
Imperium Europa01.53,637

± is the change against the Malta 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 135,917
  • Nationalist Party 100,486
  • Democratic Alternative 5,802
  • Imperium Europa 3,637

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?

78.8% of the 322,411 registered voters cast a ballot (254,039 ballots), down 3.6 points on 2004. 248,169 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party54.8% of votes60.0% of seats
  • Nationalist Party40.5% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Democratic Alternative2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.2 by votes and 1.9 by seats; Labour Party led Nationalist Party by 14.3 points of the vote.

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