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Malta 2013 general election

What was the result of the 2013 general election in Malta?

Labour Party won 39 of 69 seats with 54.8% of the vote. 93.0% 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 39 of 69 seats with 54.8% of the vote; 93.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 2008.

  • Labour Party 39 +5 seats 54.8% +6.0 points
  • Nationalist Party 30 −5 seats 43.3% −6.0 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 1.8% +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 2008 general election, party by party.

35 of 69 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 54.8%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 39 of 69 seats. A majority needs 35.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. Nationalist Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 93.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party39+554.8+6.0167,533
Nationalist Party30−543.3−6.0132,426
Democratic Alternative001.8+0.55,506

± is the change against the Malta 2008 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 167,533
  • Nationalist Party 132,426
  • Democratic Alternative 5,506

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?

93.0% of the 333,022 registered voters cast a ballot (309,600 ballots), down 0.3 points on 2008. 305,556 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1971 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party54.8% of votes56.5% of seats
  • Nationalist Party43.3% of votes43.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Labour Party led Nationalist Party by 11.5 points of the vote.

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