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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
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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

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Alleanza Bidla The Alliance for Change (, AB) is a defunct Right-wing politics, right-wing Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Malta, political party in Malta. It is Euroscepticism, eurosceptic and has expressed Social conserva ...
* Moviment Patrijotti Maltin *
Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana {{Notability, Organizations, date=February 2011 Alleanza Nazzjonali Republikana (ANR) (National Republican Alliance) was a Maltese pressure group formed in 2005 with Martin Degiorgio, Philip Beattie and Paul Salomone as its spokespersons. It had ...
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Communist Party of Malta Communist Party of Malta ( mt, Partit Komunista Malti) is a communist party in Malta. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party of a group of left-wing militant ...
* 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 politics, centre-left social democracy, social democratic political party in Malaysia. ...
* Democratic Nationalist Party (1921–26) * Democratic Nationalist Party (1959-66) *
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...
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Gozo Party The Gozo Party ( mt, Partit Għawdxi) was a political party in 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 ...
* Jones Party * 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)


See also

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Politics of Malta The politics of Malta takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Malta is the constitutional head of state. Executive Authority is vested in the President of Malta with the gen ...
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List of political parties by country This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ...


References

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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 ...
Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...
Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...
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 ...