2006 Maltese local elections

none 2006 03 11 no legislative Malta 2005 2007 Maltese local elections 2007 Various quotas set in various local councils. 125,351 Labour Nationalist no 82,149 - 65.5% Democratic Alternative 42,779 34,002 1,415 604 168 134 30 134 13 Labour Party (Malta) 1.78% 53.95% 42.90% 0.76% Marsascala Independent Group 808080 Independent Bormla Ġdida A1 Giordani Serjetà U Onestà Partittal-Ajkla Azzjoni għall-Imdina 808080 808080 808080 808080 0.02% 0.17% 0.04% 0.21% 0.17% 84 64 2 1 Local council elections were held for 23 localities in Malta on 11 March 2006.Electoral Commission of Malta https://electoral.gov.mt/ElectionResults/LocalCouncil?year=80&v=231 2023-02-23 electoral.gov.mtMLP councillors seek fairer representation https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/mlp-councillors-seek-fairer-representation.55257 2023-02-23 Times of Malta en-gb Traditionally, this round of elections has given positive results to the Nationalist Party, with the biggest villages apart from Żabbar, being the traditional villages in which the Nationalist Party (Sliema, Naxxar, Birkirkara) obtains best results. Eighty-eight percent of the voting documents were collected. Results Overview The Malta Labour Party (MLP) has won the Local Council elections with 53.8% of first count votes. The PN obtained 43% while Alternattiva Demokratika and independent candidates obtained 3.2%. While 3.2% may seem insignificant on a national level, this is not in the case of one locality, namely Marsaskala, as 0.76% of these translated in 604 votes and a seat for a new independent group, Grupp Indipendenti Marsaskala in the Marsascala Local Council, headed by ex PN MP Dr Josie Muscat. Results Table Labour Party 42779 84 Nationalist Party 34002 60 Democratic Alternative 1415 Marsascala Independent Group 604 Bormla Ġdidaonly in Bormla 168 2850 125351 Electoral Commission of Malta A1 Giordani Serjetà u Onestàonly in San Ġwann Partit tal-Ajklaonly in Żabbar Azzjoni għall-Imdinaonly in Mdina Independents 134 30 13 134 1 2 Background in multiple localities The Nationalist Party is at present in government. It has introduced several measures which might affect the election such as the rise in the price of electricity. A former Nationalist MP, Dr Josie Muscat along with three other members of the new GIM (Maltese: Grupp Indipendenti Marsascala), has successfully contested the elections in Marsaskala as an independent candidate on a campaign opposing the waste recycling plant in Marsaskala, the fish farms industry just 6 km away from Marsascala and the exclusion of Marsaskala from the tourist zone by the government. The three other G.I.M contestants were Marvic Attard Gialanze (first independent female mayor in the first-ever local councils' elections in 1994), John J Cole, and Mariella Cutajar. Dr. Muscat was elected to Marsaskala's 2006/9 local council representing G.I.M., whose group garnered well over 600 first votes. Therefore the Nationalist Party elected two councillors instead of the three in Marsascala, losing one seat. There was criticism regarding the government's plans on a recycling plant in Marsascala and the recently announced large scale fish farm concentration just 6 km away from this idyllic picturesque sea-side village. In Sliema, local residents were angry at the approach the Local Council has taken to the building up of a new multi-storage car park in a residential area. References 2006 Malta Local council elections Category:March 2006 in Europe