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Malta 2022 general election

What was the result of the 2022 general election in Malta?

Labour Party won 44 of 79 seats with 55.1% of the vote. 85.6% 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 44 of 79 seats with 55.1% of the vote; 85.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.4 points on 2017.

  • Labour Party 44 +7 seats 55.1% +0.1 points
  • Nationalist Party 35 +5 seats 41.7% −1.9 points
  • Democratic Alternative 0 0 seats 1.6% +0.8 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 2017 general election, party by party.

40 of 79 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 55.1%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 44 of 79 seats. A majority needs 40.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2017.

  3. 85.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 6.4 points on 2017.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party44+755.1+0.1162,707
Nationalist Party35+541.7−1.9123,233
Democratic Alternative001.6+0.84,747

± is the change against the Malta 2017 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 162,707
  • Nationalist Party 123,233
  • Democratic Alternative 4,747

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?

85.6% of the 355,075 registered voters cast a ballot (304,050 ballots), down 6.4 points on 2017. 295,248 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1955 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party55.1% of votes55.7% of seats
  • Nationalist Party41.7% of votes44.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Labour Party led Nationalist Party by 13.4 points of the vote.

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