Voting ongoing in snap elections in Malta, governing party expected to win

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 30, 2026 · 406 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Voting ongoing in snap elections in Malta, governing party expected to win Malta’s economic situation is expected to dominate this year’s election, with rising rents and ailing infrastructure as chief concerns.

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Why it matters

Voting has begun in Malta’s snap parliamentary election, which will determine who governs the Mediterranean island nation for the next five years.

Common ground

Polling stations opened on Saturday in a contest widely viewed as a two-horse race between the governing Labour Party and the centrist Nationalist Party.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In June 2025, two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for supplying the car bomb that killed her”

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Multiple sources confirm that in June 2025, two men (Robert Agius and Jamie Vella) were sentenced to life imprisonment for supplying the car bomb used in the murder.

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web search NEUTRAL — A Maltese jury has found two men guilty of complicity in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were accused of having supplied the bomb that killed … Th…
https://sitkasentinel.com/stories/jury-finds-2-men-guilty-of…

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web search NEUTRAL — Malta is in a state of crisis – and it’s been two years in the making. Back in October 2017 one of the country’s most high profile investigative journalists ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yw0j0fqtXo

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web search NEUTRAL — Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for supplying the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta eight years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/two-men-jailed…

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Claim 2: “A public inquiry concluded that the government was responsible for her death, although it found no evidence of its direct involvement”

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Multiple sources report that a public inquiry found the State responsible for the murder due to a culture of impunity and failure to protect her, while noting no evidence of direct government involvement in the killing itself.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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 u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Maltese_general_election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia (née Vella; 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist who reported on political events in Malta. She was know…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019–2020 Maltese protests started in Valletta and other urban centres of Malta on 20 November 2019, mainly calling for resignations after alleged political links to the assassination of journalis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–2020_Maltese_protests

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Claim 3: “the Nationalist Party’s new leader, Alex Borg... at the age of 30”

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Wikipedia confirms Alex Borg (born July 10, 1995) has been the leader of the Nationalist Party since September 2025. Based on his birth date, he would be 30 years old in May 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Malta on 30 May 2026 to elect all members of the House of Representatives. The result was a victory for the ruling Labour Party led by Robert Abela, which received 52% o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Maltese_general_election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Borg (born 10 July 1995) is a Maltese lawyer, politician and model who has served as leader of the Nationalist Party since September 2025. Borg was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2022…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Borg_(politician)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party. It is a Christian democratic and conservative po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)

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Claim 4: “the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017”

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Wikipedia and fallenjournalists.org confirm Daphne Caruana Galizia was an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb on October 16, 2017.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raymond Caruana (9 May 1960 – 5 December 1986) was a Maltese political activist affiliated with the Nationalist Party (PN). Caruana was murdered in a drive-by shooting at a PN club in Gudja.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Caruana

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Daphne Project is a collaborative, cross-border investigative journalism project by major news organizations from around the world, coordinated by Paris-based investigative non-profit newsroom, Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daphne_Project

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Claim 5: “her death ultimately leading to the resignation of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat”

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Multiple news sources and Wikipedia confirm that Joseph Muscat resigned following the crisis triggered by the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Abela (born 7 December 1977) is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Malta and leader of the Malta Labour Party since 2020, following the resignation of Joseph M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abela

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Claim 6: “Polling stations opened on Saturday”

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Multiple sources confirm that voting opened on Saturday, May 30, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the run up to the 2026 Maltese general election, on 30 May 2026, various organizations have carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_M…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 · Malta's economy to dominate this year's election, with rising rents and infrastructure at the forefront of debates.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/30/voting-ongoing-in-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 · Voting in parliamentary elections opened in Malta on Saturday, with opinion polls showing the ruling Labour Party on course to win a ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/voting-starts-malta-parliament…

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Claim 7: “Malta is the European Union’s smallest and most densely populated country”

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Two independent news organizations (France24 and Deutsche Welle) explicitly state that Malta is the smallest and most densely populated country in the EU.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Republic of Malta is the smallest and most densely populated country in the European Union.
https://www.dw.com/en/malta-votes-in-snap-parliamentary-elec…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Located off the coast of Sicily, Malta is the smallest and most densely populated country in the European Union
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260530-malta-parliament…

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Claim 8: “Voting has begun in Malta’s snap parliamentary election”

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Multiple independent sources (Xinhua and a news overview) confirm that Malta held a snap parliamentary election on Saturday, May 30, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — VALLETTA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Malta held a snap parliamentary election on Saturday, with the ruling Labour Party widely expected to secure a fourth consecutive term in office.
https://english.news.cn/20260531/08dcc61eab1d43ffaa0055b8d42…

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web search NEUTRAL — Malta holds snap parliamentary election.Maltese hold vote, expected to favour prime minister. 18 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — This is a list of elections that are being held in 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elections_in_2026

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Claim 9: “Prime Minister Robert Abela, who leads the Labour Party, called the election a year ahead of schedule”

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While Wikipedia confirms Robert Abela is the Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party, the provided evidence does not contain information regarding him calling this specific election a year ahead of schedule. The other search results are irrelevant (Amazon/Prime Video).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Abela, (born 22 April 1948) is a Maltese politician who was the eighth president of Malta from April 2009 to April 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abela

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Malta (Maltese: Prim Ministru ta' Malta) is the head of government, which is the highest official of Malta. The Prime Minister chairs Cabinet meetings, and selects its ministers …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mal…

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