Malta (European Parliament constituency)
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| Malta European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 2004 |
| MEP(s) | 5 (2004) |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Malta is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by five MEPs. It covers the member state of Malta. The electoral system used is Single Transferable Vote.
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[edit] Current MEPs
- Further information: MEPs for Malta 2004-2009
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| John Attard-Montalto | Partit Laburista | PES |
| Simon Busuttil | Partit Nazzjonalista | EPP–ED |
| David Casa | Partit Nazzjonalista | EPP–ED |
| Louis Grech | Partit Laburista | PES |
| Joseph Muscat | Partit Laburista | PES |
[edit] 2004
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Malta)
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Malta had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.
| National Party | Abbr. | EP group | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Partit Laburista | MLP | PES | 8 | 118,983 | 48.4 | 3 |
| Partit Nazzjonalista | PN | EPP-ED | 8 | 97,688 | 39.8 | 2 |
| Other parties and candidates | 11 | 29,051 | 11.8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 245,722 | 100 | 5 | |||
| Registered voters: 304,283 | ||||||
| Votes cast | 250,691 | 82.4 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 5,239 | 2.1 | ||||
| Valid votes | 245,722 | 97.9 | ||||
| Source: maltadata.com | ||||||
[edit] 2009
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Malta)
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will increase to 6.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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