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Malta 2017 general election

What was the result of the 2017 general election in Malta?

Labour Party won 37 of 67 seats with 55.0% of the vote. 92.1% 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 37 of 67 seats with 55.0% of the vote; 92.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 2013.

  • Labour Party 37 −2 seats 55.0% +0.2 points
  • Nationalist Party 30 0 seats 43.7% +0.3 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 0.8% −1.0 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 2013 general election, party by party.

34 of 67 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 55.0%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 37 of 67 seats. A majority needs 34.

  2. +0.2 points

    Share of the vote gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in votes compared with 2013. Democratic Alternative lost 1.0 point.

  3. 92.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.9 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party37−255.0+0.2170,976
Nationalist Partywith Democratic Party30043.7+0.3135,696
Democratic Alternative000.8−1.02,564

± is the change against the Malta 2013 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 170,976
  • Nationalist Party 135,696
  • Democratic Alternative 2,564

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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

92.1% of the 341,856 registered voters cast a ballot (314,696 ballots), down 0.9 points on 2013. 310,665 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1966 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party55.0% of votes55.2% of seats
  • Nationalist Party43.7% of votes44.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (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 11.4 points of the vote.

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