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This article listspolitical parties inMalta. SinceWorld War II, Maltese political culture has developed into atwo-party system dominated by the centre-leftLabour Party (Maltese:Partit Laburista) and the centre-rightNationalist 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.
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) andAD+PD hold representation in a Local Council.
Until 2015, there was no law in Malta requiring the registration and regulation of political parties; theGeneral Elections Act made the necessary provisions for party participation in elections but no official list was maintained between elections. TheFinancing 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 ingeneral elections andEuropean Parliament elections.[1] The Labour Party was the first party to attempt to register, on 3 June 2016,[2] however its statute was found to be non-compliant,[3][4] therefore making Moviment Patrijotti Maltin the first party to be officially registered, on 24 November 2016.
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Leader | House of Representatives | MEPs | Local Councillors | European party | EP group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in Government | |||||||||||
| Labour Party (PL) | 1920 | Social democracy | Centre-left | Robert Abela | 43 / 79 | 3 / 6 | 252 / 462 | PES | S&D | ||
| Independents[a] | Various or N/A | 1 / 79 | N/A | ||||||||
| in Opposition | |||||||||||
.svg) | Nationalist Party (PN) | 1926 | Christian democracy | Centre-right | Alex Borg | 35 / 79 | 3 / 6 | 208 / 462 | EPP | EPP | |
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Political position | Leader | Local Councillors | European party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | AD+PD | 2020 | Green politics | Centre-left | Sandra Gauci | 2 / 462 | EGP | |
 | Għarb First (GĦ1)[7] Għarb l-Ewwel | 2019 | Għarblocalism[8] Parish-Council collaboration | — | David Apap | Għarb Local Council: 2 / 5 | — | |
| Floriana First (FL)[9] Floriana l-Ewwel | 2019 | Florianalocalism | Nigel Holland | Floriana Local Council: 1 / 5 | ||||
| Independents | N/A | Various or N/A | 6 / 462 | Various or N/A | ||||
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Position | Leader | European party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBA[9] | 2021 | Christian right | Far-right | — | ECPM | ||
 | Imperium Europa (IE) | 2000 | Ultranationalism | Far-right | Terrence Portelli | — | |
 | People's Party (PP) Partit Popolari | 2020 | Right-wing populism | Right-wing | Paul Salomone | — | |
 | Volt Malta (VM) | 2021 | Social liberalism | Centre-Left | Alexia DeBono Arnas Lasys | Volt Europa | |
_logo.svg){kind=logo} | Momentum | 2025 | Centre tocentre-left | Arnold Cassola | European Democratic Party | ||
| Name | Founded | Village/Town | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents of Valletta (RB) Residenti Beltin | 2021 |  Valletta | Billy McBee | ||
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| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | European party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maltese Patriots Movement Moviment Patrijotti Maltin (MPM) | Euroscepticism | Far-right | Henry Battistino | — | |
| Alleanza Bidla Alliance for Change (AB)[b] | Social conservatism | Right-wing | Ivan Grech Mintoff | ECPM | |
| Brain, not ego (BNE)[11] | Catch-all party | Big-tent | Antoine Borg | — | |
