JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
mt SURVEY
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
PN leads by 12,000 votes
in first MaltaToday survey
after European election
Abstention
peaks in the
PL's hinterland
in the South
Harbour region
as the PN leads
in Gozo, the
northern regions,
and among
post-secondary
educated voters
THE Nationalist Party has
emerged ahead of the Labour
Party with a lead of 11,699
votes in the first MaltaToday
survey after the June MEP
elections.
The survey puts support for
the PN at 48.2% and the PL
at 43.8% with ADPD securing
4.5% and other parties or in-
dependents 3.5%.
In June, the PL won a rela-
tive majority in the European
election, beating the PN with
a slim 8,500-vote margin.
Four months later, the shift
towards the PN is attribut-
able to a higher abstention
rate among Labour voters
and the Opposition's small
gains among PL voters and
non-voters.
The survey results show
that if a general election were
to be held now, the turnout
would be 75.7%, which would
be the lowest in any general
election held since 1950.
The difference between the
two main parties falls square-
ly within the survey's margin
of error, which technically
means that either party could
be in the lead.
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