Malta local elections - April 11, 2015

[politicus]

Local elections in 34 of 68 municipalities (kunsilli lokali) as well - Mosta and St Paul’s Bay being the biggest. Labour won 19 of them in 2012 with a record 57,3-40,7 difference, so they are almost guaranteed to lose some support. St Paul’s Bay which had never gone Labour before 2012 and where PN turnout colllapsed from 4,364 to 2,505 while Labours vote kept steady will likely be among them (a 35,5% turnout election in 2012).

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/51591/labour_defending_17point_majority#.VSbkkpPbAZM



It will be interesting to compare referendum results from municipalities with local council elections to those without.

Local elections in: Birgu, Senglea, Qormi, Żebbuġ (Malta), Siġġiewi, Attard, Balzan, Dingli, Birżebbuġa, Floriana, Gżira, Għajnsielem, Għargħur, Ħamrun, Iklin, Kercem, Kirkop, Luqa, Marsa, Marsaxlokk, Mosta, Munxar, Nadur, Paola, Qala, Safi, St Julians, San Lawrenz, St Paul's Bay, Santa Lucija, Swieqi, Xagħra, Żebbuġ (Gozo) and Żurrieq.

[politicus]

Turnout:

Dingli (87 per cent)
Safi (86 per cent)
Kercem (82 per cent)
Siġġiewi (81 per cent)
Luqa, Zurrieq and Santa Lucija (80 per cent)

Kirkop (79 per cent)
Qormi, Nadur and Iklin (78 per cent)
Żebbuġ (M) and Marsaxlokk (77 per cent)
Attard, Gharghur and Xaghra (76 per cent)
Qala (74 per cent)
Balzan, Mosta (73 per cent)
Hamrun, Paola and Floriana (72 per cent),
Senglea (71 per cent)
Vittoriosa and Ghajnsielem (70 per cent)

Birżebbuġa and Marsa (69 per cent)
Munxar (66 per cent)
San Lawrenz (62 per cent)
Iż-Żebbuġ Għ (61 per cent)

Swieqi (52 per cent)
Gżira (50 per cent)

St Julian's (40 per cent)
St Paul's Bay (39 per cent) - would seem to indicate anothe bad Labour result.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-04-12/local-news/68-choose-to-vote-in-local-council-elections-just-39-vote-in-hotly-contested-St-Paul-s-Bay-6736133650

[politicus]

Nobody in the Maltese English language media seems interested in bringing the results of this, so I will just let this thead die. I thought it would be potetially interesting to compare local election results and referendum figures - but no numbers or analysis available.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I would be interested in a basic runup of the results, FWIW.

[politicus]

"After an agonising one-week wait for all local council election candidates, counting of the votes cast in 34 localities in Malta and Gozo will begin tomorrow at 6am."

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-04-17/referendum-2015/Counting-process-for-local-council-election-votes-to-start-at-6am-tomorrow-6736133958

Results should be ready around 10am Sunday morning.

I have never heard of an election where they start counting the votes a week after the election.

LOL Malta!

[Kushahontas]

Labour 54%, down from 57% last time 'round

[politicus]

Labour 54%
Nationalists 45%
Others 1%

In 2012 it was

Labour 57,3%
Nationalists 40,7%
Others 2%

So also bad for Greenies and Indies.

[politicus]

PN retakes St Paul's Bay and get a 7-6 majority. Young-ish Graziella Galea new Mayor. They also keep Mosta with a 52/48 result, so they get both the two big prizes.

Labour lost support in Kirkop, but win 3-2 and 18-year old Terence Agius becomes the youngest Mayor in the history of Malta.