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8 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 MARCH 2022 NEWS ELECTION 2022 District 5 Birzebbuga, Kirkop, Imqabba, Farrug, Luqa, Qrendi, Safi, Zurrieq, Bubaqra PL stronghold 3 District: 2017 PL (2017) 69.90% 4 District PL (2017) 67.70% PN (2017) 31.10% AD 0.70% Others 0.50% 5 District: 2017 PL (2017) 65.73% PN (2017) 33.32% AD 0.40% Others 0.55% 6 District: 2017 PL (2017) 59.16% PN (2017) 39.54% AD 0.90% Others 0.40% 7 District: 2017 PL (2017) 56.18% PN (2017) 42.03% AD 1.29% Others 0.50% 8 District: 2017 PL (2017) 45.45% PN (2017) 52.85% AD 1.20% Others 0.50% 9 District: 2017 PL (2017) 41.96% PN (2017) 56.24% AD 1.30% Others 0.50% 10th district: 2017 PL (2017) 38.06% PN (2017) 60.24% AD 1.20% Others 0.50% 11 District: 2017 PL (2017) 43.04% PN (2017) 55.26% AD 1.20% Others 0.50% District 6 Qormi, Haz-Zebbug (part of), Siggiewi, Luqa PL stronghold 1 District: 2017 PL (2017) 57.26% PN (2017) 41.74% AD 0.60% Others 0.40% Source: Electoral Commission Party vote share in 2017 elections 2 District: 2017 PL (2017) 71.27% PN (2017) 27.73% AD 0.70% Others 0.30% 3 District: 2017 PL (2017) 69.90% PN (2017) 29.00% AD 0.70% Others 0.40% 4 District PL (2017) 67.70% PN (2017) 31.10% AD 0.70% Others 0.50% 5 District: 2017 PL (2017) 65.73% PN (2017) 33.32% AD 0.40% Others 0.55% 6 District: 2017 PL (2017) 59.16% PN (2017) 39.54% AD 0.90% Others 0.40% 7 District: 2017 PL (2017) 56.18% PN (2017) 42.03% AD 1.29% Others 0.50% 8 District: 2017 PL (2017) 45.45% PN (2017) 52.85% AD 1.20% Others 0.50% AD 1.30% Others 0.50% PL frontrunners PL frontunners PN frontrunners ROBERT Abela's candidature on this district will automatically depress the first count tallies of fellow Labour candi- dates and his surplus will determine how the rest of the process pans out. Polling shows that Equality Minister Owen Bon- nici could come in second after the PL leader. Miriam Dalli leads the rest of the pack with Farrugia Portelli and Zrinzo Azzopardi battling it out between them. However, Abela's surplus votes could see somebody like Dalli leapfrog Bonnici. This district will be particular to watch since in the last election the PL lost one of its four seats. It has to be seen wheth- er the efforts to win back the fourth seat have paid off. Elected in 2017 Joseph Muscat (1st count) Owen Bonnici (23rd count) Julia Farrugia Portelli (24th count) – Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi (casual election) IN a district conditioned by the candida- cy of Bernard Grech, who is expected to suck up the lion's share of the Nationalist vote, if the PN retains its second seat, the most likely candidate to make it is archi- tect Toni Bezzina. However, all depends on whether the PN manages to hold on to the second seat it won five years ago. Bezzina had picked up 2,847 votes on the first count coming in front of Hermann Schiavone, who is not contesting this time around. Of interest for the PN will be what happens to the 821 first count votes Marlene Farrugia had obtained in 2017 when Partit Demokratiku candi- dates contested on the PN ticket. Elected in 2017 Toni Bezzina (21st count) Hermann Schiavone (26th count) The rest 1. Miriam Dalli MP 2. Julia Farrugia Portelli MP 3. Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi MP Don't know 23.1% Robert Abela Prime Minister 45.4% Owen Bonnici MP 14.6% 1. Stanley Zammit Don't know 22.8% Bernard Grech Opposition leader 57.5% Toni Bezzina MP 12.7% Front runners are those who scored a double-digit share The rest are candidates who were mentioned and registered above 1% put in rank order PN frontrunners The rest The rest Don't know 44.4% Don't know 37.1% The rest ! Party leader contests here ! Silvio Schembri MP 19.9% Ian Borg MP 12.7% Roderick Galdes MP 12.1% 1. Rosianne Cutajar MP THIS district will be keenly contested between three min- isters – Silvio Schembri, Ian Borg and Roderick Galdes. Robert Abela's absence from this district this time around left 3,403 votes up for grabs. Schembri appears to have en- joyed a slight advantage over Borg and Galdes. From the rest of the pack, Rosianne Cutajar appears to have the strongest support although it has to be seen how votes will be inherited. The PL elected three MPs from this district in the last election. Elected in 2017 Silvio Schembri (1st count) Robert Abela (14th count) Roderick Galdes (17th count) – Rosianne Cutajar (casual election) NEWCOMER Jerome Caru- ana Cilia is set to inherit the mantle from Clyde Puli, who withdrew his PN can- didature at the start of the electoral campaign. Carua- na Cilia, a local councillor in Qormi, is likely to post a very strong performance on his first attempt in a gener- al election, displacing Ryan Callus from the top spot. The PN is likely to elect two MPs from the dis- trict and Callus looks set to clinch that second place with Alessia Psaila Zammit trailing at a distance. Elected in 2017 Ryan Callus (12th count) Clyde Puli (16th count) Jerome Caruana Cilia 44.2% Ryan Callus MP 13.6% 1. Alessia Psaila Zammit