List of political parties in Malta
Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists This article lists political parties in Malta. Since World War II, Maltese political culture has developed into a two-party system dominated by the centre-left Labour Party (Template:Langx) and the centre-right Nationalist Party (Template:Langx). 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.
In the case of Local Councils however, independent candidates and village-dedicated parties have better chances of being elected. Għarb l-Ewwel (en: Għarb First), Floriana l-Ewwel (mt: Floriana First) and AD+PD hold representation in a Local Council.
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 European Parliament elections.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Labour Party was the first party to attempt to register, on 3 June 2016,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> however its statute was found to be non-compliant,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> therefore making Moviment Patrijotti Maltin the first party to be officially registered, on 24 November 2016.
Registered Parties
National parties represented in the Maltese Parliament and the European Parliament
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Leader | House of Representatives | MEPs | Local Councillors | European party | EP group | ||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Labour Party (PL) | 1920 | Social democracy | Centre-left | Robert Abela | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | PES | S&D | |
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | File:Logo of the Nationalist Party (Malta).svg | Nationalist Party (PN) | 1926 | Christian democracy | Centre-right | Alex Borg | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | EPP | EPP |
Parties represented in Local Councils
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Leader | Local Councillors | European party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:AD+PD logo.svg | AD+PD | 2020 | Green politics | Centre-left | Sandra Gauci | Template:Composition bar | EGP | |
| File:Għarb l-Ewwel Logo.svg | Għarb First (GĦ1)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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2019 | Għarb localism<ref>GĦARB L-EWWEL – STATUT https://electoral.gov.mt/Media/Default/Documents/PartyStatutes/G%C4%A7arb_L-Ewwel.pdf</ref> Parish-Council collaboration |
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| colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color| | Floriana First (FL)<ref name=":0" /> Floriana l-Ewwel |
2019 | Floriana localism | Nigel Holland | Floriana Local Council:Template:Composition bar | ||||
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Unrepresented national parties
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Position | Leader | European party | ||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | ABBA<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> | 2021 | Christian right | Far-right | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | ECPM | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Imperium Europa (IE) | 2000 | Ultranationalism | Far-right | Terrence Portelli | Template:N/A | |
| style="background:Template:Party color" | | File:People's Party of Malta 2022 statutes logo.svg | People's Party (PP) Partit Popolari |
2020 | Right-wing populism | Right-wing | Paul Salomone | Template:N/A |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Volt Malta logo.svg | Volt Malta (VM) | 2021 | Social liberalism | Centre-Left | Alexia DeBono
Arnas Lasys |
Volt Europa |
| File:Momentum Party (Malta) logo.svg | Momentum | 2025 | Template:Ubl | Centre to centre-left | Arnold Cassola | European Democratic Party | |
Unrepresented local parties
| Name | Founded | Village/Town | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents of Valletta (RB) Residenti Beltin |
2021 | Template:Flag | Billy McBee | ||
Inactive, registered political parties
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| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | European party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Maltese Patriots Movement Moviment Patrijotti Maltin (MPM) |
Euroscepticism | Far-right | Henry Battistino | Template:N/A | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Alleanza Bidla Alliance for Change (AB)Template:Efn |
Social conservatism | Right-wing | Ivan Grech Mintoff | ECPM | |
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Defunct and/or deregistered parties
- Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana
- 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
- Democratic Nationalist Party (1921–26)
- Democratic Nationalist Party (1959–66)
- Democratic Party (1987)
- Democratic Party (2016–20)
- Eagle Party (Partit tal-Ajkla)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Gozo Party
- Jones Party
- Independent Labour Party
- Integrity Party
- Libertas Malta
- Malta Workers Party
- Maltese Political Union
- National Action
- Communist Party of Malta
- Progressive Constitutionalist Party
Diagram

See also
References
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