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An election of the delegation from Malta to the European Parliament was held on 6 June 2009, on the same day as the 2009 Maltese local council elections.
Candidates
Alternattiva Demokratika – AD (Democratic Alternative)
- Arnold Cassola
- Yvonne Ebejer Arqueros
Alleanza Liberali – ALDM (Liberal Alliance)
- John Zammit
Alpha Partit Demokratiku Liberali – APDL (Alpha Liberal Democratic Party)
Azzjoni Nazzjonali – AN (National Action (Malta))
- Josie Muscat
- Malcolm Seychell
- John Spiteri
Imperium Europa – IE (European Empire)
- Norman Lowell
- Reuben Attard
K.U.L. Ewropa (KULE)
- Cecil Herbie Jones
Libertas Malta (LM)
- Mary Gauci
Partit tal-Ajkla – PA (Eagle's Party)
- Nazzareno Bonnici
Partit Laburista (Malta Labour Party) – PL
- Claudette Abela Baldacchino
- John Attard Montalto
- Glenn Bedingfield
- Steve Borg
- Maria Camilleri
- Joseph Cuschieri
- Sharon Ellul-Bonici
- Louis Grech
- Kirill Micallef Stafrace
- Marlene Mizzi
- Edward Scicluna
- Christian Zammit
Partit Nazzjonalista (PN)
- Simon Busuttil
- David Casa
- Rudolph Cini
- Alan Deidun
- Edward Demicoli
- Vince Farrugia
- Roberta Metsola Tedesco Triccas
- Alex Perici Calascione
- Frank Portelli
- Marthese Portelli
Results
The turnout was 78.81%.[1] The Partit Laburista garnered 54.77% of first-count votes and the Partit Nazzjonalista garnered 40.49%; 2.31% of votes cast were invalid.[2] Simon Busuttil MEP was the only candidate to be elected on the first count with 68,782 (27.72%) single votes.[1][3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Seats | +/– | Post-Lisbon | +/– | |||||
| Labour Party | 135,917 | 54.77 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +1 | ||
| Nationalist Party | 100,486 | 40.49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Democratic Alternative | 5,802 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Imperium Europa | 3,637 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Action | 1,595 | 0.64 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Libertas Malta | 298 | 0.12 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Liberal Alliance | 189 | 0.08 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alpha Liberal Democratic Party | 118 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ajkla | 80 | 0.03 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| K.U.L. Ewropa | 47 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 248,169 | 100.00 | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 | ||
| Valid votes | 248,169 | 97.69 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,870 | 2.31 | ||||||
| Total votes | 254,039 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 322,411 | 78.79 | ||||||
| Source: Electoral Commission | ||||||||
Elected MEPs
| Candidate | Party | EU Party | 1st count | 29th count | |
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| Simon Busuttil | PN | EPP | 68,782 | 41,362 | |
| David Casa | PN | EPP | 6,539 | 41,362 | |
| Louis Grech | PL | PES | 27,753 | 40,529 | |
| Edward Scicluna | PL | PES | 24,574 | 39,250 | |
| John Attard Montalto | PL | PES | 12,880 | 30,129 | |
| Joseph Cuschieri | PL | PES | 19,672 | 29,375 | |
See also
References
- 1 2 Press releaseservizzi u informazzjoni tal-gvern Archived 11 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Official: PL victory at 55% - Full first count list, two MEPs set to lose seat".
- ↑ "Simon Busuttil re-elected with record 68,782 votes".
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