MEP Elections - Surveys to show a narrowing of gap between the PL and PN

Exclusive: Surveys to show that a narrowing of the gap is currently happening between PL and PN.

With the vote for the next MEP Elections just two weeks away, RisingMalta.mt is reliably informed that the gap between both major parties currently stands at 20,000 votes on a projected turnout of 69%.

This would mean a considerable reduction for the PL who won the 2019 election with a massive 43,000 votes and elected 4 meps to the PN's two.

Although the upcoming arraignment of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat seems to have slightly galvanized the PL core vote, especially in the South, this has also meant that moderate switchers who previously backed the PL will vote for the PN or other independent candidates such as Arnold Cassola, Norman Lowell and Conrad Borg Manche. No voters are also on the increase.

Projected MEPs for the PL are incumbent Alex Agius Saliba, Daniel Attard, and Steve Ellul while Roberta Metsola, David Casa (both incumbents), and Peter Agius top the PN's preferences.

Independent candidates are expected to garner around 10% of the vote which would mean in the region of 25,000 to 30,000 votes depending on turnout. However, this would not be enough for a seat since the votes would be fragmented across different candidates.