LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Maltese Labour leader Robert Abela declared victory and confirmed that the Labour Party won with a big margin of votes. He declared victory in a telephone interview on the national broadcaster TVM.
Abela spoke of an “absolute majority.” This is his first mandate to lead Malta as Prime Minister.
Abela, 44, a lawyer, is expected to be sworn in to lead the 14th legislature on Monday and will then form his new government for a five-year mandate.
Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech conceded the election and called Labour leader to congratulate him for the victory.
The Labour Party is expected to secure 55.9% of the vote, the Nationalist Party will get 41.7%, with smaller parties securing 2.4%. That would be equivalent to an absolute majority of 41,600 votes.
In 2017, Labour had scored a landslide victory, winning 55.04% of the vote which gave it a 35,280 vote majority.
The official turnout for this year’s election is 85.5%, the lowest turnout Malta has seen since gaining independence.
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