List of political parties in Malta

This article lists political parties in Malta. Since World War II, Maltese political culture has developed into a two-party system dominated by the centre-left Labour Party (Maltese: Partit Laburista) and the centre-right Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista). Although other political parties have presented candidates and, in some cases, elected MPs, in most cases these were splinter groups of the main parties and, on the rare occasions when they were successful, this success was short-lived.

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In the case of Local Councils however, independent candidates and village-dedicated parties have better chances of being elected. For example, Għarb l-Ewwel (en: Għarb First) is the only party of this kind to yet hold representation in a Local Council. There are two elected independent councillors, one in Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Malta) and the other in Żebbuġ (Gozo).

Active political parties

Until 2015, there was no law in Malta requiring the registration and regulation of political parties; the General Elections Act made the necessary provisions for party participation in elections but no official list was maintained between elections. The Financing of Political Parties Act, which passed in 2015 and came into effect on 1 January 2016, introduced the requirement for political parties to register themselves with the Electoral Commission and declare all donations in order to be able to field candidates in general elections and European Parliament elections.[1] The Labour Party was the first party to attempt to register, on 3 June 2016,[2] however its statute was not compliant,[3] therefore making Moviment Patrijotti Maltin the first party to be officially registered, on 24 November 2016. The Labour Party was finally registered on 22 April 2017.[4]

Parties represented both in both Maltese and European Parliament, Local Councils and Administrative Committees
See also: 2022 Maltese general election
Name Founded Ideology Political position Leader House of Representatives MEPs Local Councillors Europarty EP group
Labour Party (PL) 1920 Social democracy Centre-left Robert Abela
44 / 79
4 / 6
268 / 462
 PES S&D
Nationalist Party (PN) 1926 Christian democracy Centre-right Bernard Grech
35 / 79
2 / 6
190 / 462
 EPP EPP

Parties represented only in Local Councils
Name Founded Ideology Political position Leader Local Councillors
Għarb First (GĦ1)[5] 2019 Għarb localism[6]
Parish-Council collaboration		 — David Apap[lower-alpha 1] Għarb Local Council:
2 / 5

Unrepresented parties
Name FoundedIdeologyPosition LeaderEuroparty
ABBA[7] 2021 Christian right Far-right Ivan Grech Mintoff —
AD+PD 2020 Green politics Centre-left Carmel Caccopardo EGP
Floriana First (FL)[7] 2019 Floriana localism — Nigel Holland —
Imperium Europa (IE) 2000 Neo-fascism Far-right Norman Lowell —
People's Party (PP) 2020 Right-wing populism Right-wing Paul Salomone —
Residenti Beltin (RB) 2021 Valletta localism — Billy McBee —
Volt Malta (VM) 2021 Social liberalism Centre Alexia DeBono

Arnas Lasys

 Volt Europa


Inactive political parties
NameIdeologyPosition LeaderEuroparty
Maltese Patriots Movement (MPM) Euroscepticism Far-right Henry Battistino —
Communist Party of Malta (PKM) Marxism–Leninism Far-left Victor Degiovanni Initiative

Defunct parties

Diagram

See also

References
  1. Also Mayor of Għarb.
  1. "Party Financing Law will come into effect in January 2016". TVM News. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Party financing: PL registers itself with Electoral Commission". Times of Malta. Allied Newspapers. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. "Labour's statute not in line with new party financing law". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. "Labour finally registered as political party". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. "'Għarb First' – Former Councillor Comes Back To Haunt PN; Sliema Is Set To Retain Its PN Majority". Lovin Malta. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2021-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. GĦARB L-EWWEL – STATUT https://electoral.gov.mt/Media/Default/Documents/PartyStatutes/G%C4%A7arb_L-Ewwel.pdf
  7. Sansone, Kurt. "From Floriana l-Ewwel to ABBA, Malta has 12 registered political parties". MaltaToday. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. "Election Summary 2013". Electoral Commission Malta. Electoral Commission of Malta. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. "New independent political party for EP elections: 'Brain, not ego'". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2021-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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