The 2009 European Parliament election in Malta was the election of the delegation from

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

in 2009. The elections were held on 6 June on the same day as the 2009 Maltese local council elections.

Candidates

Alternattiva Demokratika – AD (Democratic Alternative)

Arnold Cassola Arnold Cassola is a Maltese and Italian independent politician, professor, author and editor of various books and academic papers. Cassola is a professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Malta. He has held elective office and pol ...

* Yvonne Ebejer Arqueros

Alleanza Liberali – ALDM (Liberal Alliance)

* John Zammit

Alpha Partit Demokratiku Liberali – APDL (Alpha Liberal Democratic Party)

* Emmy Bezzina

Azzjoni Nazzjonali – AN (National Action (Malta))

* Josie Muscat * Malcolm Seychell * John Spiteri

Imperium Europa – IE (European Empire)

Norman Lowell Norman Lowell (born 29 July 1946) is a Maltese ultranationalist writer and head of Imperium Europa, a far-right political party. He is also a retired banker and artist. Politics Imperium Europa advocates Europe as a homeland for White people ...

*Reuben Attard

K.U.L. Ewropa (KULE)

* Cecil Herbie Jones

Libertas Malta (LM)

* Mary Gauci

Partit tal-Ajkla – PA (Eagle's Party)

* Nazzareno Bonnici

Partit Laburista (Malta Labour Party) – PL

* Claudette Abela Baldacchino * John Attard Montalto *

Glenn Bedingfield Glenn Bedingfield (born 15 November 1974, Pietà, Malta) is a Member of the Parliament of Malta and Government Whip. Career Bedingfield was one of the first journalists to join the newly set up Labour Party owned Super One Radio and Super One ...

* Steve Borg * Maria Camilleri *

Joseph Cuschieri Joseph Cuschieri (born February 20, 1968) is a Maltese politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2011 - 2013. Previously he served in the House of Representatives of Malta from 1998 to 2008. In 1994 he was elected and ...

* Sharon Ellul-Bonici *

Louis Grech Louis Grech (born 22 March 1947) is a Malta, Maltese politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, as well as Minister of European Affairs. He also served as Deputy Leader for Parliamentary Affairs of the Malta Labour Party, Labour Pa ...

* Kirill Micallef Stafrace * Marlene Mizzi *

Edward Scicluna Edward Scicluna (born October 12, 1946 in Rabat, Malta) is a Maltese economist and politician. Scicluna assumed the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Malta as from 1st January 2021 for a five-year term. Biography Education and priv ...

* Christian Zammit

Partit Nazzjonalista (PN)

Simon Busuttil Simon Busuttil (born 20 March 1969) is the Secretary General of the EPP Group (European People's Party) in the European Parliament. Formerly, he was Leader of the Opposition. and Leader of the Nationalist Party in Malta and a Member of the E ...

* David Casa * Rudolph Cini * Alan Deidun *Edward Demicoli * Vince Farrugia * Roberta Metsola Tedesco Triccas * Alex Perici Calascione * Frank Portelli *Marthese Portelli

Results

The turnout was 78.81%.Press release
servizzi u informazzjoni tal-gvern The

Partit Laburista The Labour Party ( mt, Partit Laburista, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party ( mt, Partit tal-Ħaddiema, MLP), is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the po ...

garnered 54.77% of first-count votes and the

Partit Nazzjonalista The Nationalist Party ( mt, Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party. It is a Christian-democratic, and conservative political party, and it has been also described ...

garnered 40.49%; 2.31% of votes cast were invalid.

MEP was the only candidate to be elected on the first count with 68,782 (27.72%) single votes.

Elected MEPs

References

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