Next Maltese general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Malta by 2022, when the parliament elected in 2017 reaches the end of its five year term. However, the elections may be held sooner if a government loses a motion of no confidence or chooses to call a snap election.

Next Maltese general election

2022
All 65 seats (plus any compensatory seats) of the House of Representatives. 33(+) seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Robert Abela Bernard Grech Carmel Cacopardo Party Labour Nationalist AD+PD Leader since 12 January 2020 3 October 2020 17 October 2020 Last election 37 seats, 55.04% 28 seats, 42.12% AD:0 seats, 0.83% PD:2 seats, 1.56% Current seats 36 28 0 Seats needed 5 33   Leader Simon Borg Ivan Grech Mintoff Party Moviment Patrijotti Maltin Alleanza Bidla Last election 0 seats, 0.36% 0 seats, 0.07% Current seats 0 0 Seats needed 33 33
Incumbent Prime Minister Robert Abela Labour Party

Electoral system

Members of Parliament are elected from 13 five-seat constituencies by single transferable vote. Candidates who pass the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota in the first round are elected and any surplus votes transferred to the remaining candidates, who will be elected if this enables them to pass the quotient. The lowest ranked candidates are then eliminated one-by-one with their preferences transferred to other candidates, who are elected as they pass the quotient, until all five seats are filled.[1]

If a party wins a majority of first preference votes but fails to achieve a parliamentary majority, they are awarded seats to ensure a one-seat majority, if they are one of only two parties to obtain seats.[1]

Opinion polls

Expressing a preference

The values in the table below are derived by removing non-party responses (i.e. non-voters, "don't know", and "no reply"); as the margin is also recalculated, there may be slight differences in exact lead margins due to rounding.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PL	PN	PD	AD	MPM	Others	Lead
Sagalytics	16–20 Sep 2019	660	58.1	39.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	19.0
MaltaToday	6–14 Dec 2018	597	61.2	36.8	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	24.5
MaltaToday	5–8 Nov 2018	597	68.8	29.1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	39.7
MaltaToday	1–6 Oct 2018	601	60.3	36.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	23.5
MaltaToday	27–30 Aug 2018	605	64.5	33.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	30.9
MaltaToday	27 Jul–2 Aug 2018	14	65.4	34.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	31.4
Esprimi	26–27 Jul 2018	1,100	65.4	23.1	–	3.5	–	8.0	42.4
Sagalytics	Jun 2018	?	58.5	40.7	–	–	–	0.8	17.8
MaltaToday	28–31 May 2018	552	63.0	35.7	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	27.4
MaltaToday	23–27 Apr 2018	553	58.0	40.7	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	17.4
MaltaToday	26 Feb–1 Mar 2018	501	63.3	33.0	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	30.2
Sagalytics	12–20 Feb 2018	600	60.5	37.5	–	–	–	1.9	23.0
MaltaToday	23–29 Jan 2018	501	58.3	40.1	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	18.2
MaltaToday	13–16 Nov 2017	497	67.1	27.9	0.8	4.2	0.0	0.0	39.2
Sagalytics	27 Oct–2 Nov 2017	530	66.8	29.0	–	–	–	4.2	37.8
MaltaToday	2–5 Oct 2017	506	67.5	31.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	35.6
2017 general election	3 Jun 2017	–	55.0	43.7 (FN)		0.8	0.4	0.1	11.4

Complete data

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PL	PN	PD	AD	MPM	Others	Lead	Not voting	Don't know	No reply
MaltaToday	6–14 Dec 2018	597	48.3	29.0	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0	19.3	12.5	7.1	–
MaltaToday	5–8 Nov 2018	597	47.7	20.2	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	27.5	13.8	16.0	–
MaltaToday	1–6 Oct 2018	601	47.3	28.9	0.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	18.4	17.6	4.0	–
MaltaToday	27–30 Aug 2018	605	47.7	24.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	22.9	16.3	9.7	–
MaltaToday	27 Jul–2 Aug 2018	597	52.0	27.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	25.0	10.6	9.7	–
Esprimi	26–27 Jul 2018	1,100	46.8	16.5	–	2.5	–	5.7	30.3	16.3	12.1	0.0
Sagalytics	Jun 2018	?	58.5	40.7	–	–	–	0.8	17.8	–	–	–
MaltaToday	28–31 May 2018	552	48.8	27.6	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	21.2	12.0	10.7	–
MaltaToday	23–27 Apr 2018	553	45.8	32.1	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	13.7	10.4	10.8	–
MaltaToday	26 Feb–1 Mar 2018	501	49.6	25.9	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	23.7	11.1	10.6	–
Sagalytics	12–20 Feb 2018	600	46.6	28.9	–	–	–	1.5	17.7	6.5	4.2	12.3
MaltaToday	23–29 Jan 2018	501	42.0	28.9	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	13.1	10.3	17.4	0.2
MaltaToday	13–16 Nov 2017	497	49.8	20.7	0.6	3.1	0.0	0.0	29.1	15.7	6.5	3.6
Sagalytics	27 Oct–2 Nov 2017	530	51.4	22.3	–	–	–	3.2	29.1	14.0	9.1
MaltaToday	2–5 Oct 2017	506	46.4	21.9	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	24.5	16.7	12.9	1.7
2017 general election	3 Jun 2017	–	50.0	39.7 (FN)		0.8	0.3	0.1	10.3	7.9	–	–

Preferred Prime Minister

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Muscat PL	Delia PN	Neither / None	Don't know	No reply	Other
MaltaToday	9–15 May 2019	849	50.6	22.8	23.2	3.4	–	–
MaltaToday	25 Apr–3 May 2019	602	51.7	21.2	22.7	4.3	–	–
MaltaToday	28 Mar–4 Apr 2019	597	49.6	21.5	23.9	5.0	–	–
MaltaToday	22–27 Feb 2019	598	54.8	15.9	24.6	4.7	–	–
MaltaToday	21–28 Jan 2019	597	54.8	20.4	20.0	4.9	–	–
MaltaToday	6–14 Dec 2018	597	51.2	24.7	21.2	2.8	–	–
MaltaToday	5–8 Nov 2018	597	54.5	17.8	23.1	4.6	–	–
MaltaToday	1–6 Oct 2018	601	52.9	19.8	24.3	3.1	–	–
MaltaToday	27–30 Aug 2018	605	53.5	17.9	1.6	27.1	–	–
MaltaToday	27 Jul–2 Aug 2018	597	53.9	14.8	10.8	20.5	–	–
Sagalytics	Jun 2018	?	62.8	36.6	–	–	–	–
MaltaToday	28–31 May 2018	552	52.6	23.5	20.7	3.2	–	–
MaltaToday	23–27 Apr 2018	553	48.6	27.2	18.8	5.4	–	–
MaltaToday	26 Feb–1 Mar 2018	501	58.2	20.2	22.1	5.1	–	–
Sagalytics	12–20 Feb 2018	600	47.5	22.6	0.6	11.9	16.2	1.1
MaltaToday	23–29 Jan 2018	501	41.0	15.4	15.2	28.3	–	–
MaltaToday	6–14 Dec 2017	488	50.4	7.2	24.2	18.3	–	–
MaltaToday	13–16 Nov 2017	497	53.7	15.2	3.1	27.5	0.5	–
MaltaToday	2–5 Oct 2017	506	50.9	22.1	16.6	10.0	0.5	–

References

1. Electoral system IPU