Which party would you vote for, if general elections were held today?

Results of 20th September 2006


Are you satisfied with the various parties' work? Do youthink that the government shall be voted out of power and the opposition shall take over? Or do you think that Malta needs even a coalition between two parties? Or don't you want any changes?
General elections are still far away (probably in 2007 or even 2008). But what if.... What if general elections were held today? Which party would you vote for?

Between 10th and 20th September 2006 over 600 people participated in this online poll. Thank you very much!

Here the details:

682 votes were cast in this poll.
Unfortunately, there were 21 people who voted more than one time. The votes of these 21 people had to be made invalid in order to obtain a result which is more honest and true.
So the number of valid votes was 626.

Here the percentages that the various answers got:
PN (Nationalist Party):           204 votes   =   32,59 %
MLP (Malta Labour Party):         201 votes   =   32,11 %
AD (Green Party):                 146 votes   =   23,32 %
Other Parties:                      8 votes   =    1,28 %
Non Voters:                        67 votes   =   10,70 %

INTERPRETATIONS:

This means that for the first time since 1962 the Maltese parliament would host 3 parties. And to obtain a majority a government would have to consist of at least two parties, so a coalition government would become reality.

The editor would like to point out, that this poll is not representative for the whole country. However, it gives a clear indication anyway.

The current government party PN would remain the strongest parliamentary faction. The second strongest group in parliament would again be MLP.

The big winner would be Alternattiva Demokratika (the Maltese Greens).
AD would take over a good amount of votes from both PN and MLP.

This shows very well, that the Maltese people want a third party in parliament and that neither PN nor MLP have as much support as they used to have over the past few decades.

For democracy a 3 party parliament would definitely be healthy.