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European Elections in Malta - compared with those in Ireland 10 new countries joined the European Union amd participated in the European elections. One of these countries was Malta which uses the same electoral system as Ireland. Malta is entitled to elect 5 members of the European parliament and these members were elected using STV in a nationwide 5-seat constituency. Although Ireland and Malta are the only countries where STV is used for all elections, there are a number of differences in the way the system works in practice. Malta has developed into a strict two-party system, where only the Nationalist Party (PN) and the Malta Labour Party (MLP) are represented in the 65-seat Maltese parliament. Also, Maltese voters are much more faithful to their parties when it comes to transfers. In Maltese general elections, when votes are transferred from PN or MLP candidates, over 98% of the transferred votes remain with the party. Although this percentage was lower in the less-important European election, it was still well over 90%. Another related feature is that the main Maltese parties routinely nominate more candidates than there are seats available. Given that almost no votes are lost by transfers, this is a safe tactic. For the 5-seat Malta European election constituency, both the PN and MLP each nominated 8 candidates. In contrast, for the 13 seats in the Republic, Fianna Fáil nominated 8 candidates, Fine Gael 6 and Labour 5. Maltese ballot papers are also designed differently to Irish ones. In Ireland, candidates are listed alphabetically, regardless of party. In Malta, candidates are listed alphabetically within party groups. This means that the 8 PN and 8 MLP candidates are beside each other on the ballot paper. This may well encourage voters to continue their preferences to candidates of the same party. The third party in Malta is Alternativa Demokratika (AD), the Maltese Green party. This party had hoped to make a break-through in the European elections, but although they polled well above their normal support level, they failed to win a seat. The following applet shows the Maltese European election result graphically. The Irish equivalents can be found here. Notes on using the applet:- 1 use the Next and Zap! buttons to move through the counts 2 use the Restart button to start again 3 move the mouse over the Candidate Vote-Share graph to see a party's vote percentage through the counts The following are the results in text format:- Surname First Name(s) Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Bezzini Emanuel app 717 721 eliminated Zammit John app 39 39 eliminated Cassola Arnold ad 22938 23416 24424 24473 24529 24621 24713 24933 25147 25253 25264 25598 26100 26189 26359 26372 27656 29013 unsuccessful Von Brockdorff Mark cdp 64 64 eliminated Lowell Norman imp 1603 1619 eliminated Jones Cecil Herbert kul 66 66 eliminated Attard Montalto John mlp 25287 25303 25534 26162 26579 26601 27053 27063 27109 28418 28605 28622 28675 34585 45732 elected, surplus distributed Bedingfield Glenn mlp 13435 13439 13519 13829 14062 14064 14396 14397 14410 16480 16931 16940 16956 21978 eliminated Bonnici Owen mlp 7280 7286 7329 7491 7581 7584 7961 7966 7976 eliminated Debobo Grech Joseph mlp 14080 14082 14147 14486 14627 14631 14886 14889 14895 15986 16094 16101 16113 eliminated Grech Louis mlp 15371 15383 15442 15842 15933 15939 16776 16782 16788 17744 18014 18032 18066 22959 33293 38052 38116 38173 elected without reaching the quota Micallef Robert mlp 3390 3395 3425 3658 3686 3688 eliminated Mintoff Lawrence mlp 3182 3186 3216 eliminated Muscat Joseph mlp 36958 36977 37073 38101 38367 38375 39630 39637 39669 41984 elected, surplus distributed Busuttil Simon pn 58899 elected, surplus distributed Casa David pn 8782 17608 17767 17769 18120 19101 19106 20246 22528 22534 22534 25702 30819 30831 30860 30863 52693 elected, surplus distributed Drake Joanna pn 7781 11879 11948 11951 12102 12830 12842 13976 15099 15117 15119 18122 24094 24106 24129 24132 eliminated Falzon Michael pn 2989 3437 3472 3475 3551 eliminated Friggieri Joe pn 5457 7010 7083 7088 7175 7886 7893 8521 9544 9556 9556 12113 eliminated Spiteri Bailey Ian pn 3137 4020 4061 4061 4095 4426 4431 eliminated Tabone Anton pn 5439 5746 5803 5808 5908 6161 6162 6615 eliminated Tedesco Triccas Roberta pn 5204 6449 6522 6523 6638 6956 6962 7715 9328 9338 9339 eliminated Bonnici Nazzareno ind 183 185 eliminated Farrugia Carmelo ind 3119 3131 3304 3308 eliminated Iwueke Damian Chukwuemeka ind 153 157 eliminated Sciberras Christopher ind 24 24 eliminated Zammit Victor ind 145 146 eliminated Party codes:- app,Alpha - Partit Politiku ad,Alternativa Demokratika cdp,Christian Democratic Republican imp,Imperium Europa kul,Kul Ewropa mlp,Malta Labour Party pn,Partit Nazzjonalista ind,Indipendenti Go here for more information on Maltese elections.

© Ciaran Quinn, Dublin - last updated on 20th July 2004