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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 ...

. Since

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, Maltese political culture has developed into a

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dominated by the centre-left Labour Party ( mt, Partit Laburista) and the centre-right Nationalist Party ( mt, Partit Nazzjonalista). Although other political parties have presented candidates and, in some cases, elected MPs, in most cases these were splinter groups of the main parties and, on the rare occasions when they were successful, this success was short-lived.

Active political parties

Until 2015 there was no law in Malta requiring the registration and regulation of political parties, the ''General Elections Act'' made the necessary provisions for party participation in elections but no official list was maintained between elections. The ''Financing of Political Parties Act'', which passed in 2015 and came into effect on 1 January 2016, introduced the requirement for political parties to register themselves with the Electoral Commission and declare all donations in order to be able to field candidates in general elections and

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elections. The Labour Party was the first party to attempt to register, on 3 June 2016, however its statute was not compliant, therefore making Moviment Patrijotti Maltin the first party to be officially registered, on 24 November 2016. The Labour Party was finally registered on 22 April 2017.

Parliamentary parties

Non-parliamentary parties

Other minor parties

* Brain, not ego * Għarb l-Ewwel (Għarb First) * Floriana l-Ewwel (Floriana First)

Defunct and inactive political parties

* Alleanza Bidla *

Moviment Patrijotti Maltin The Maltese Patriots Movement (, MPM) is an inactive right-wing populist political party in Malta. It was formed in April 2016 as a political wing of the Maltese Patriotic Association. History The MPM was founded on the 8 April 2016 and immedia ...

* Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana * Communist Party of Malta * Alliance of Liberal Democrats Malta * Alpha Liberal Democratic Party * Anti-Reform Party * Christian Workers' Party (active during 1960's Church/PL conflict) * Constitutional Party * Democratic Alternative *

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

* Democratic Nationalist Party (1921–26) * Democratic Nationalist Party (1959-66) * Democratic Party *

Gozo Party The Gozo Party ( mt, Partit Għawdxi) was a political party in Malta. History The party was established in founded in April 1947 by Francesco Masini Francesco Masini (December 6, 1894 – July 9, 1962) was a lawyer and politician from the isla ...

Jones Party The Jones Party was a political party in Malta. History The party was established in 1945 in Gozo Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in t ...

* Independent Labour Party * Integrity Party (Malta) * Libertas Malta *

Malta Workers Party The Malta Workers Party ( mt, Partit tal-Ħaddiema, MWP) was a political party in Malta. History The party was established in 1949 by Paul Boffa after he resigned as leader of the Labour Party following a motion of no confidence.Vincent E McHale ...

* Maltese Political Union * National Action (''Azzjoni Nazzjonali'') * Progressive Constitutionalist Party * Partit Ajkla (Eagle Party)

References

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