{"iso":"MT","name":"Malta","flag":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-05-24","source":"Opinion polling for the 2026 Maltese general election","credit":"Real Maltese national voting-intention polls (MaltaToday, Esprimi/Times of Malta, Sagalytics/Vince Marmara) via \"Opinion polling for the 2026 Maltese general election\". Shares are on the \"expressing a preference\" basis (non-voters/don't-knows excluded). ADPD is shown only where pollsters reported it separately; several polls fold AD+PD/Momentum/others into a single Others figure.","shares":{"PL":52.5,"PN":43.3,"ADPD":2.3},"polls":[{"date":"2026-05-24","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":50.6,"PN":44.2}},{"date":"2026-05-23","pollster":"Esprimi / Times of Malta","shares":{"PL":53.5,"PN":42.9}},{"date":"2026-05-20","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":54.3,"PN":42.2}},{"date":"2026-05-13","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":52.9,"PN":42.9}},{"date":"2026-05-13","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":50.1,"PN":43.8}},{"date":"2026-05-13","pollster":"Esprimi / Times of Malta","shares":{"PL":52.9,"PN":44.0}},{"date":"2026-05-06","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":53.1,"PN":42.6,"ADPD":2.3}},{"date":"2026-04-29","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":53.2,"PN":43.1}},{"date":"2026-04-16","pollster":"Esprimi / Times of Malta","shares":{"PL":51.3,"PN":45.0}},{"date":"2026-03-06","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":48.2,"PN":45.6,"ADPD":3.7}},{"date":"2026-02-19","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":52.8,"PN":42.6}},{"date":"2026-01-16","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":48.9,"PN":45.7,"ADPD":2.3}},{"date":"2025-11-20","pollster":"Sagalytics","shares":{"PL":52.3,"PN":43.5,"ADPD":1.7}},{"date":"2025-11-13","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":48.7,"PN":46.1,"ADPD":4.1}},{"date":"2025-10-02","pollster":"MaltaToday","shares":{"PL":48.8,"PN":45.9,"ADPD":2.4}}],"parties":{"PL":{"name":"Partit Laburista","color":"#e2001a","name_en":"Labour Party"},"PN":{"name":"Partit Nazzjonalista","color":"#0a4ea2","name_en":"Nationalist Party"},"ADPD":{"name":"ADPD \u2013 The Green Party","color":"#3aaa35"}},"seats":{"PL":35,"PN":29,"ADPD":1},"seat_meta":{"total":65,"majority":33,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"House of Representatives","note":"Real system is STV in thirteen 5-seat districts (plus proportionality top-up seats); approximated by national proportional allocation \u00b7 transfers are NOT modelled.","largest":"PL"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary parliamentary republic","head_of_state":"President Myriam Spiteri Debono","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Robert Abela","legislature":"House of Representatives, 79 members this term including proportionality and gender-quota top-up seats","electoral_system":"Single transferable vote in multi-seat districts, with extra seats added to keep the result proportional.","government_now":"Robert Abela's Labour Party won a fresh majority at the 30 May 2026 election and governs with 42 seats to the Nationalist Party's 37.","context":"Malta is an effectively two-party system, and the May 2026 election renewed Labour's long run in office against the Nationalist opposition.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, parliament and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"PL":["Partit Laburista","Labour Party","Centre-left; PM Robert Abela won a record fourth consecutive Labour term in May 2026."],"PN":["Partit Nazzjonalista","Nationalist Party","Christian-democratic centre-right; the main opposition, led by Alex Borg."],"ADPD":["ADPD \u2013 The Green Party","","Small green party without parliamentary seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2026 election","total":79,"seats":{"PL":42,"PN":37,"ADPD":0}},"region_winners":{"Ghajnsielem":"PL","Qala":"PL","Saint Lawerence":"PL","Gharb":"PL","Ghasri":"PL","\u017bebbu\u0121 Gozo":"PL","Ker\u010bem":"PL","Munxar":"PL","Fontana":"PL","Rabat Gozo":"PL","Xg\u0127ajra":"PL","Sannat":"PL","Xewkija":"PL","Nadur":"PL","Marsaskala":"PL","Mellie\u0127a":"PL","G\u017cira":"PL","M\u0121arr":"PL","Saint Paul's Bay":"PL","Naxxar":"PL","G\u0127arg\u0127ur":"PL","Pembroke":"PL","Saint Julian's":"PL","Sliema":"PL","Swieqi":"PL","Saint John":"PL","Iklin":"PL","Valletta":"PL","Ta' Xbiex":"PL","Floriana":"PL","Piet\u00e0":"PL","Msida":"PL","\u0126amrun":"PL","Santa Venera":"PL","Birkirkara":"PL","Balzan":"PL","Lija":"PL","Mosta":"PL","Mdina":"PL","Mtarfa":"PL","Rabat Malta":"PL","Dingli":"PL","Attard":"PL","Xag\u0127ra":"PL","Kalkara":"PL","Birgu":"PL","\u017bebbu\u0121 Malta":"PL","Qormi":"PL","Isla":"PL","Si\u0121\u0121iewi":"PL","Luqa":"PL","Marsa":"PL","Qrendi":"PL","Mqabba":"PL","Kirkop":"PL","Safi":"PL","\u017burrieq":"PL","Paola":"PL","Bormla":"PL","Tarxien":"PL","Fgura":"PL","Saint Lucia's":"PL","Gudja":"PL","G\u0127axaq":"PL","Bir\u017cebbu\u0121a":"PL","\u017bejtun":"PL","\u017babbar":"PL","Marsaxlokk":"PL"},"region_meta":{"election":"2022 House of Representatives","source":"public records, 2022 Maltese general election (Electoral Commission of Malta first-count first-preference results)","note":"Malta elects by STV in 13 districts, not by local council. PL (Labour) won the national first-preference plurality (55.11% vs PN 41.74%); the national winner is applied uniformly to all 68 local councils. The only area of PN strength was the District 10 Sliema/St Julian's belt."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2027","title":"Maltese general election (expected 2027)","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}