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
in Government
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
		IndependentsTemplate:Efn		Various or N/A {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}			Template:Composition bar	N/A {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
in Opposition
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 }}</ref> Għarb l-Ewwel	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	rowspan="2" Template:N/A	David Apap	Għarb Local Council:Template:Composition bar	rowspan="2" Template:N/A
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
		Independents	N/A	Various or N/A {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}			Template:Composition bar	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Unrepresented national parties

Name			Founded	Ideology	Position	Leader	European party
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 Anti-Islam	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
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Catch-all party	Big-tent	Antoine Borg	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

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

• Politics of Malta
• List of political parties by country

References

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