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Labour celebrates Labour Party officials and counting agents celebrate their massive victory in the European Parliament elections last Sunday. What made the headlines Labour’s decisive victory: The Labour Party won a resounding victory in the European ParliThe week at a glance - June 2, 2019
Labour celebrates Labour Party officials and counting agents celebrate their massive victory in the European Parliament elections last Sunday. What made the headlines Labour’s decisive victory: The Labour Party won a resounding victory in the European Parliament election, gaining 54 per cent of the vote compared to 38 per cent for the Nationalist Party. The distance between the two parties was of 42,656 votes. The result was the worst one for the PN since 1951. The small parties as well as independent candidates failed to make any headway. Labour won four seats, a gain of one, and the Nationalist Party won two seats, a loss of one. Labour’s elected candidates were Miriam Dalli, Alfred Sant and newcomers Alex Agius Saliba and Josianne Cutaja, while the PN saw the re-election of Roberta Metsola and David Casa. At the last European election in 2014 Labour got 53 per cent of the vote and the PN got 40 per cent, while at the 2017 general election Labour got 55 per cent and the PN got 43.68 per cent. There was more bad news for the PN when the local council results were announced: Labour won by 47,000 votes and captured Valletta, St Paul’s Bay, San Ġwann, Mosta and Siġġiewi from the PN. Read more
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