List of political parties in Malta
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 (Maltese: Partit Laburista) and the centre-right Nationalist Party (Maltese: 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.
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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 European Parliament elections.[1] The Labour Party was the first party to register, on 3 June 2016.[2]
Parliamentary parties
Name | Abbrev. | Ideology | Position | House of Representatives | MEPs | Europarty | |
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Labour Party Partit Laburista |
PL | Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | 36 / 67 |
4 / 6 |
PES | |
Nationalist Party Partit Nazzjonalista |
PN | Christian democracy, Social conservatism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | Centre-right | 28 / 67 |
2 / 6 |
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Non-parliamentary parties
Name | Founded | Ideology | Europarty |
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Democratic Alternative Alternattiva Demokratika |
1989 | Green politics | EGP |
Democratic Party Partit Demokratiku |
2016 | Social liberalism, green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | ALDE |
Imperium Europa | 2000 | Antisemitism, Pan-European nationalism, White nationalism | N/A |
Alleanza Bidla | c. 2013 | Social conservatism, Christian democracy, Euroscepticism | ECPM |
Moviment Patrijotti Maltin | 2016 | Nationalism, anti-immigration | N/A |
Partit Popolari | 2020 | Right-Wing | N/A |
Defunct and inactive political 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)
- Communist Party of Malta
- Constitutional Party
- Democratic Action Party
- Democratic Nationalist Party (1921–26)
- Democratic Nationalist Party (1959-66)
- Gozo Party
- Jones Party
- Integrity Party (Malta)
- Libertas Malta
- Malta Workers Party
- Maltese Political Union
- National Action (Azzjoni Nazzjonali)
- Progressive Constitutionalist Party
See also
- Politics of Malta
- List of political parties by country
References
- "Party Financing Law will come into effect in January 2016". TVM News. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- "Party financing: PL registers itself with Electoral Commission". Times of Malta. Allied Newspapers. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.