2022 Maltese general election

2022 Maltese general election

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All seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	85.63% ( 6.43pp)
First party Second party   Leader Robert Abela Bernard Grech Party Labour Nationalist Last election 55.04%, 37 seats 42.12%, 28 seats Seats won 44 35 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 162,707 123,233 Percentage 55.11% 41.74% Swing 0.07pp 1.94pp
Prime Minister before election Robert Abela Labour Elected Prime Minister Robert Abela Labour

General elections were held in Malta on 26 March 2022 to elect all members of the House of Representatives.

The Labour Party, which had governed Malta since 2013, won a second term in 2017 election under then-leader Joseph Muscat. Simon Busuttil, the leader of the opposition Nationalist Party, resigned after the 2017 election and was replaced by Adrian Delia. Muscat was faced with a political crisis and mass protests in 2019, after which he resigned as prime minister in January 2020. Robert Abela succeeded him as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in January 2020, while Bernard Grech succeeded Delia later that year.

Journalists noted that the campaign was overshadowed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and that it was the "quietest in decades". Six political parties nominated their candidates for the 2022 general election. The Labour Party and its leader campaigned on investing in green urbanism and environmental issues, while the Nationalist Party pledged a one billion investment in ten new economic sectors. The AD+PD campaigned on proposals for LGBT rights, while the People's Party campaigned on increasing the minimum wage and abolishing green passes. Additionally, ABBA supported the investigation into abortion-rights activists, while Volt Malta supported the legalisation of abortion. Opinion polls in the run-up to the election indicated another victory for Labour Party.

The Labour Party retained its majority in parliament, winning a third consecutive election for the first time since 1981 with 55.11% of the popular vote, the largest share since 1955, marginally surpassing the 55.04% it scored in 2017. Voter turnout was 86%. As a result of a constitutional amendment, Article 52(A), passed before the elections, twelve seats were added to the House of Representatives and were given to women from both parties, so as to limit male dominance.^[1] Abela formed his new cabinet four days after the election.