User:Matt0513/Results breakdown of the 2019 Maltese local elections

This articles lists the results breakdown by locality of the local council elections held in Malta on 8 June 2023. Votes listed on this page are only of the first count voting, together with the final outcome of election, or non-election. The Labour Party won the elections with 268 out of the 462 total seats in councils and 48 out of the 68 mayors. No voting was held in Mdina, which was won by the Nationalists.

Electoral system
Malta elected 462 local council seats for 68 local councils. These elections are done every five years, using the single transferable vote system. This is important when it comes to interpreting the results tables below.

Number of seats in councils
The Act on Local Government, passed in 1993 by a Nationalist government, allocates council seats by total population quantity:

[[undefined|Valletta]] - Città Umilissima
In Valletta, 11 candidates contested the seven seat Council. Due to the peculiar tendencies of STV voting, the most-voted candidate, Christian Darren Micallef, could not be elected Mayor of Valletta, as his party (PN) did not win the majority of seats in the Council.

[[undefined|Mdina]] - Città Notabile
In Mdina, no voting was held for its Council as all five seats were contested and filled unopposed.

[[undefined|Birgu]] - Città Vittoriosa
Nine candidates contested the 5-seat Birgu Local Council. An anticipated PL victory was achieved.

[[undefined|Bormla]] - Città Cospicua
Nine candidates contested the seven-seat Bormla Local Council.

[[undefined|Isla]] - Città Invicta
Nine candidates contested the five-seat Isla Local Council.

[[undefined|Qormi]] - Città Pinto
Fifteen candidates contested the 11-seat Qormi Local Council. Eleven candidates for the Labour Party, and four for the Nationalist Party. The Nationalist Party elected all four of its candidates to the Council.

[[undefined|Siġġiewi]] - Città Ferdinand
Eleven candidates contested the 7-seat local council. This election was an upset victory for the Labour Party by only 70 votes, taking away the council from the Nationalist Party for the first time.

[[undefined|Żebbuġ]] - Città Rohan
Thirteen candidates contested the 9-seat Żebbuġ Local Council

[[undefined|Żabbar]] - Città Hompesch
Fifteen candidates contested the 11-seat Żabbar Council. The Labour Party won another majority in the city, furthermore taking another seat from the Nationalist Party.

[[undefined|Żejtun]] - Città Beland
Żejtun, a well-known, long-time Labour Party stronghold, had twelve candidates contesting its nine-seat local council. As expected, PL won the election with 80% of the vote, increasing its share by roughly 5% from the 2013 election.

[[undefined|Victoria, Gozo]] - Città Victoria
Nine candidates contested the seven-seat Victoria City Council. The Nationalist Party retained its one seat majority.

[[undefined|Attard]]
In Attard, 13 candidates contested a seat each of the total nine seats in the Local Council. The Nationalist Party won the popular vote, however AD lost its seat previously held by Ralph Cassar in this election.

[[undefined|Balzan]]
In Balzan, 12 contested the five seats in the local council. Only PN and PL participated, and there were no changes in seat allocation result from the previous election.

[[undefined|Birkirkara]]
In Birkirkara, 21 candidates contested the 13 seats in the Council.

[[undefined|Birżebbuġa]]
18 candidates contested the 9-seat Council, which had its capacity increased by 2 seats since the previous 2015 election.

[[undefined|Dingli]]
Seven candidates contested the five-seat Dingli Local Council. The election resulted in a Labour Party landslide, since the Nationalist Party only fielded one candidate to Labour's six.

[[undefined|Fgura]]
Twelve candidates contested the 9-seat Fgura Local Council.

[[undefined|Floriana]]
Ten candidates contested the five-seat Floriana Local Council. The presence of the newly-formed localist party Floriana First, which fielded a total of two candidates, affected very little the election as he did not win a seat in the Council, even if he received the 4th most first-preference votes.

[[undefined|Fontana, Gozo]]
Eight candidates contested the 5-seat Fontana Local Council. The Labour Party won the popular vote however the Nationalist Party won the most seats due to the peculiarities of the single transferable vote system.

[[undefined|Gudja]]
Ten candidates contested the 5-seat Gudja local council. Two independents took part in this election however they failed to be elected. Labour retained its one-seat majority, however Mario Calleja (PL) lost the mayoralty to Marija Sara Vella of the same party owing to her winning more first-preference votes.

[[undefined|Gżira]]
Eleven candidates contested the 9-seat Gżira local council. The Labour Party

[[undefined|Għajnsielem]]
Seven candidates contested the five-seat Għajnsielem local council. The Nationalist Party retained control of said council, further reducing the Labour Party to a single seat.

[[undefined|Għarb]]
Eleven candidates from three parties contested the five-seat Għarb local council. Newly-formed party Għarb First, a split from the Nationalist Party, managed to win two seats out of five, with PL taking another two seats and diminishing PN to only one seat. This resulted in no party having overall control on the council. This happened also in Żebbuġ, also in Gozo. Media houses erroneously and consistently reported Għarb First candidates as independent candidates. The Nationalist Party lent Għarb First confidence and supply to form a majority, with David Apap (GĦ1) as mayor and Louis Apap (PN) as vice-mayor.

[[undefined|Għargħur]]
Nine candidates contested the Għargħur 5-seat local council. The Nationalist Party retained control of the council, with three seats for PN, and the remaining two going to the Labour Party.

[[undefined|Għasri]]
Eight candidates contested the Għasri 5-seat local council.

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