Women have secured 12 parliamentary seats following Saturday’s general election, more than doubling the number elected on counting day in 2022. Four years ago, just five seats went to women at this stage, marking the lowest representation of women in parliament in two decades. This year, ten women have been elected across 12 seats, with some candidates
Sixty-seven MPs were elected on Sunday, with several who served in the last legislature not making the cut. Here are the names who have not been re-elected directly by the people and who are now hoping to be re-elected through the casual elections to take place over the coming fortnight or, for the women who missed out, through the gender quota mechanism
In a significant turnaround from the previous election, ten women won 12 out of 67 parliamentary seats during the initial count. This result more than doubles the tally from the early stages of the 2022 election, which marked a 20-year low when only four women made it to parliament before casual elections and the gender corrective mechanism eventually
Women won 12 seats in Saturday’s election, more than doubling their tally over 2022, when just five seats went to women on counting day. In 2022, just four women made it to parliament by the time the initial count had concluded, with Miriam Dalli elected in two districts. The result marked the lowest tally for women in 20 years. They were later joined
Malta is heading to the polls today as voters across the country cast their ballots in a general election that will determine who governs the country for the next five years. Polling stations, most of which are located in State schools across the islands, open at 7am and remain open until 10pm, as more than 350,000 voters have the right to cast their