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snap parliamentary election, which will determine who governs the Mediterranean island nation for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Polling stations opened on Saturday in a contest widely viewed as a two-horse race between the governing Labour Party and the centrist Nationalist Party.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2022\/10\/20\/ngos-accuse-malta-of-breaking-law-by-directing-migrants-to-egypt\">Malta directs 23 migrants to Egypt despite Malta being closer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/features\/2023\/12\/4\/malta-welcomes-foreign-workers-to-fill-labour-shortage-but-repels-refugees\">Malta welcomes foreign workers to fill labour shortage, but repels refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2025\/5\/4\/ngo-in-talks-with-malta-to-repair-gaza-bound-aid-ship-attacked-by-israel\">NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship \u2018attacked by Israel\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"\/news\/2020\/1\/12\/malta-gets-new-prime-minister-amid-outrage-over-journalist-murder\">Robert Abela,<\/a> who leads the Labour Party, called the election a year ahead of schedule against the backdrop of the Iran war, which is impacting markets globally.<\/p>\n<p>Abela reportedly fears that rising energy prices and inflation, caused by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, could weaken his party\u2019s prospects of securing a record-breaking fourth consecutive term in office.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"405\">The economy is set to dominate this year\u2019s election, with rising rents and ailing infrastructure at the forefront of many voters\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"405\">Malta\u2019s public health service is also under increasing pressure following a population surge in what is already the European Union\u2019s smallest and most densely populated country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"510\">Opinion polls suggest Abela\u2019s party is on course to win the snap election, with Labour dominating Malta\u2019s political landscape during the past decade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"660\">However, the Nationalist Party\u2019s new leader, Alex Borg, hopes to unseat Labour and become Malta\u2019s youngest-ever prime minister at the age of 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The election takes place under the shadow of the assassination of investigative journalist <a href=\"\/news\/2021\/7\/29\/malta-responsible-for-daphne-caruana-galizia-murder-inquiry\">Daphne Caruana Galizia<\/a>, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Caruana Galizia exposed corruption in Malta, with her death ultimately leading to the resignation of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A public inquiry concluded that the government was responsible for her death, although it found no evidence of its direct involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The report said the government had created an \u201catmosphere of impunity\u201d, leading those who killed Caruana Galizia to believe they would face no consequences for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"\/news\/2022\/10\/14\/brothers-on-trial-for-murder-of-maltese-anti-corruption-reporter\">June 2025<\/a>, two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for supplying the car bomb that killed her.<\/p>\n<p>Election results are expected to be announced at about midday on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Malta&#8217;s Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party Robert Abela and his wife Lydia Abela wave to supporters during an election campaign rally in the capital city of Valletta [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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