General elections were held in

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

on 26 October 1996.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 Although the

Malta Labour Party The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is the oldest List of political parties in Malta, political party in Malta, and one of the two major parties alongside the Nationalist Party (Malta), Nationalist Party. ...

received the most votes, the Nationalist Party won the most seats. However, the Labour Party was awarded an additional four seats to ensure they had a majority in

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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1310

Results

By district

1st District

*AD: 216 votes *MLP: 9,870 votes *PN: 10,101 votes *Others: 18 votes *Candidates elected:

Alfred Sant Alfred Sant, (born 28 February 1948) is a Malta, Maltese politician and a novelist. He led the Labour Party (Malta), Labour Party from 1992 to 2008 and served as Prime Minister of Malta between 1996 and 1998 and as Leader of the Opposition from 1 ...

(MLP), Sandro Schembri Adami (MLP),

Guido de Marco Guido de Marco (22 July 1931 – 12 August 2010) was a Maltese politician, who served as the sixth president of Malta from 1999 to 2004. A noted statesman and lawmaker, de Marco also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interio ...

(PN), Antoine Mifsud Bonnici (PN), Austin Gatt (PN)

2nd District

*AD: 231 votes *MLP: 13,645 votes *PN: 6,006 votes *Candidates elected:

Dom Mintoff Dominic Mintoff ( ; often called ''il-Perit'', "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party (Malta), Labour Party from 1949 to 1984 ...

(MLP), Joe Mizzi (MLP), Edwin Grech (MLP), Chris Agius (MLP),

Lawrence Gonzi Lawrence Gonzi (born 1 July 1953) is a Maltese politician, retired Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013, and lead ...

(PN)

3rd District

*AD: 289 votes *MLP: 12,941 votes *PN: 6,731 votes *Others: 12 votes *Candidates elected:

George Vella George William Vella (born 24 April 1942) is a Maltese politician who served as the 10th president of Malta from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party (Malta), Labour Party, he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, deputy p ...

(MLP), Alfred Portelli (MLP), Helena Dalli (MLP), Francis Agius (PN), Joe Psaila Savona (PN)

4th District

*AD: 313 votes *MLP: 12,750 votes *PN: 7,668 votes *Candidates elected: Joe Cilia (MLP), Joe Cassar (PN), Jesmond Mugliett (PN), Alex Sceberras Trigona (MLP), Karl Chircop (MLP)

5th District

*AD: 258 votes *MLP: 12,932 votes *PN: 6,726 votes *Candidates elected: George Vella (MLP), Karmenu Vella (MLP), Louis Buhagiar (MLP),

Ninu Zammit Ninu Zammit (born 1952) is a former Maltese politician, widely known for being suspended from the Nationalist party after an exposé of $3.4 million in his secret Swiss bank account in 2015. He served as a Nationalist MP since 1981, Parliamentary ...

(PN), Louis Galea (PN)

6th District

*AD: 170 votes *MLP: 11,119 votes *PN: 8,472 votes *Candidates elected: Charles Mangion (MLP), Lino Spiteri (MLP), John Attard Montalto (MLP),

John Dalli John Dalli (born 5 October 1948) is a Maltese former politician who served as Cabinet Minister in various Maltese governments between 1987 and 2010. He was European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy between 2010 and 2012. Maltese p ...

(PN), George Hyzler (PN)

7th District

*AD: 368 votes *MLP: 9,715 votes *PN: 11,025 votes *Candidates elected: Louis Galea (PN), Charles Buhagiar (MLP), Micheal Bonnici (PN), Jeffry Pullicino Orlando (PN), John Attard Montalto (MLP)

8th District

*AD: 336 votes *MLP: 7,663 votes *PN: 11,468 votes *Candidates elected:

Eddie Fenech Adami Edoardo "Eddie" Fenech Adami (born 7 February 1934) is a Malta, Maltese and Nationalist Party (Malta), Nationalist politician who served as the prime minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996, and again from 1998 until 2004. Subsequently, he was t ...

(PN),

(MLP), Joe Debono Grech (MLP),

Tonio Borg Tonio Borg (born 12 May 1957) is a Maltese lawyer, law professor, and former politician who served as the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy replacing John Dalli as member of the College of the European Commission in the second ...

(PN), Josef Bonnici (PN)

9th District

*AD: 336 votes *MLP: 8,863 votes *PN: 10,253 votes *Candidates elected: Adrian Vassallo (MLP), Leo Brincat (MLP),

Francis Zammit Dimech Francis Zammit Dimech (23 October 1954 – 21 April 2025) was a Maltese politician who served in domestic Maltese politics as a member of the House of Representatives of Malta between 1987 and 2017 and as a Member of the European Parliament from ...

(PN), Joe Borg (PN), John Vella(PN)

10th District

*AD: 461 votes *MLP: 5,834 votes *PN: 13,870 votes *Candidates elected: Evarist Bartolo (MLP),

(PN), Michael Refalo (PN), Francis Zammit Dimech (PN), Michael Frendo (PN)

11th District

*AD: 359 votes *MLP: 8,700 votes *PN: 11,459 *Candidates elected: Eddie Fenech Adami (PN), Louis Deguara (PN), Josef Bonnici (PN), Michael Farrugia (MLP), Angelo Farrugia (MLP)

12th District

*AD: 276 votes *MLP: 9,400 votes *PN: 10,382 votes *Others: 13 votes *Candidates elected: Noel Farrugia (MLP), Ċensu Galea (PN), Evarist Bartolo (MLP), Claude Muscat (PN), Tony Abela (PN)

13th District

*AD: 168 votes *MLP: 9,066 votes *PN: 10,700 votes *Candidates elected: Giovanna Debono (PN), Anton Refalo (MLP), Anton Tabone (PN), Karmenu Borg (MLP), Victor Galea Pace (PN)

References

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