The Prime Minister and leader of the Nationalist Party, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, has said that his party will be assessing its electoral losses in the coming days to establish the reason behind the decrease in their support, which has been a recurring pattern in the past four elections.

Dr Gonzi went on to say that in view of the major changes and important challenges facing the country in the next months, the current legislature will be serving its full term for the next year and a half.

The Malta Labour Party leader, Dr Alfred Sant, described the local elections result as a strong victory that confirmed the aspirations of the Maltese electorate for a change in government. “The Maltese people want a change not only on a local level but also on a national level”, Dr Sant added.

Dr Sant thanked all the people who had given their support during the campaign and also thanked all the families who showed trust in the party by casting their vote for the Labour Party.

Dr Harry Vassallo, Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika, said “We are satisfied with our performance in these elections, we polled almost 10% of the first count votes in both Swieqi and Attard and we polled 3.6% of the votes cast in Paola, which we contested for the first time this year.”

“We are very pleased with our exceptional result in Munxar, where we polled approximately 12% of the first count votes and missed electing our candidate by just 2 votes”, said Dr Vassallo. Dr Vassallo also thanked all the candidates and helpers and gave special thanks to those who had supported them with their vote.