Local elections were held in
Malta on 8 March 2008, the same day of the
general election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
. This year, the election was held in 23 of the 68 Maltese localities. These 23 localities are:
Valletta (the
capital city),
Senglea (Città Invicta),
Żebbuġ (Città Rohan),
Żejtun (Città Beland),
Balzan,
Dingli,
Fontana
Fontana may refer to:
Places
Italy
*Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone
*Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone
*Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino
*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
* ...
,
Għajnsielem,
Għasri,
Iklin,
Kirkop,
Marsa Marsa may refer to:
Places
*Marsa, Aude, a commune in the Aude départment of France
* Marsa, Malta, a city in central Malta
*Mârșa, a commune in Giurgiu County, Romania
* La Marsa, a suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia
*Mârșa, a village in Av ...
,
Mellieħa,
Mqabba,
Nadur,
Pembroke,
Qrendi,
San Ä iljan,
San Pawl il-Baħar,
Santa Venera,
Ta' Xbiex,
Xewkija and
Żurrieq. A separate local election was held on 24 May in
Mtarfa
Mtarfa ( mt, L-Imtarfa) is a small town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of Rabat until 2000, when it became a separate local council.
History
A number of historic s ...
, after the previous council was dissolved a monthly earlier.
12 candidates contested the election, in which 3 councillors were elected for the
Nationalist Party while 2 councillors were elected for the
Malta Labour Party (MLP).
Candidates
In total, 241 candidates ran for election. Of these, 120 were candidates for the
Malta Labour Party (MLP), 110 for the
Nationalist Party (PN), six for
Democratic Alternative, and one candidate for the Alpha Party. Four candidates ran as
independents.
Voter turnout
Voter turnout was lowest in
San Pawl il-Baħar (68 percent turnout) and highest in
Dingli and
Qrendi (both 94 percent turnout).
Results
External links
Electoral CommissionDepartment of Information - Malta
References
{{Maltese elections
2008
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