European Parliament President Roberta Metosla received a whopping 87,473 first count votes, breaking the MEP record.
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Taking to social media, Metsola wrote:
‘I am humbled and grateful for your trust. We wrote history today. Thank you for believing. I will not let you down.’
Metsola is one of three PN candidates to be elected, with the other two being David Casa and Peter Agius.
Alex Agius Saliba, Thomas Bajada and Daniel Attard were PL candidates elected.
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Former Love Island Malta Season 1 contestants have been wishing good luck to Marie Christine as she returns to the villa.
Marie Christine was a season 1 contestant and finalist, finishing in third place with Kyle Curmi.
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Gaby and Sven, the runner ups for the first season wished Marie all the best on her return.
Season 1 couple winner Chelsea Bagnall, who won with Allen Piscopo, also wished Marie good luck on her return writing:
‘Can’t put into words how much I love this girl. Not being able to speak to you has been so hard but I’m so proud of you.’
‘You have such a beautiful soul and you deserve the world and more. Go be your amazing self and smash it.’
Meanwhile, Kyle took to story to ask for ‘thoughts about the Marie situation. What do you think? Shocked. I was not expecting it’.
He even added a story, writing, ‘Marie will find me there’.
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According to the most recent numbers, the voting gap between the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party ultimately stood at 8,454 votes.
During this year’s election, the PN managed to reclaim a third seat at the European Parliament, with Roberta Metsola, Peter Agius and David Casa getting elected while Labour secured a seat for Alex Agius Saliba, Daniel Attard and Thomas Bajada.
Addressing the crowd’s at the Labour Headquarters earlier today, Prime Minister and Labour leader Robert Abela said he accepts this result with humility and will roll up his sleeves and begin working towards a better Labour from tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Nationalist Party approached this year’s election result with positivity, managing to secure its best-ever EP result, in addition to a number of other perks including a secured victory in Gozo.
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The final leg of the European Parliament election results shows that Malta will have 3 Labour Party & 3 Nationalist Party representatives in Brussels, with a significant drop in the voting gap between both parties.
On the Nationalist Party ticket, Roberta Metsola was the first to be confirmed with a record amount of votes, with Peter Agius confirmed soon after and David Casa being the last PN MEP to be confirmed.
The Labour Party’s Alex Agius Saliba was the first to be confirmed on the red ticket, with Daniel Attard exhibiting a strong showing from the counting hall’s early hours and Thomas Bajada being the last Labour MEP to confirm election.
Your Maltese MEPs: Roberta Metsola, Peter Agius & David Casa on the PN ticket and Alex Agius Saliba, Daniel Attard and Thomas Bajada from the Labour Party.
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