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JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt mt SURVEY maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 APRIL 2025 5 Labour regains absolute majority with nine-point lead over PN In the second national MaltaToday survey of 2025, the Labour Party has regained an absolute majority as it retains more of its 2022 general election voters • PL gains 3.4 point and PN loses 1.1 points since February THE Labour Party is leading the Na- tionalist Party by 8.8 points, which translates into an advantage of 24,145 votes on a projected turnout of 77.5%. The results from MaltaToday's April survey put the PL's support at 51.6% against the PN's 42.8%, whereas Mo- mentum scored 2.2% and ADPD 1.5%. Compared to the last MaltaToday survey held in February, the PL has gained 3.4 points and the PN has lost 1.1 points. In the same time frame the percent- age of non-voters has dropped by two points. As a result, the gap between the two major parties has more than dou- bled from an 11,613-vote advantage for the PL in February to 24,145 votes now. Labour's gains can be attributed to a remarkable drop in the percentage of Labour voters in the past general elec- tion who would not vote if an election is held now. The results show that from 21.1% in February the PL's non-voters have dropped to just 11% now. In contrast, the survey shows that the percentage of non-voters among PN voters in the last election increased from 13.5% in Febru- ary to 19% now. This suggests that Robert Abela's strategy of appealing to the party's hard- core in the past months has worked. Abela pressed on with a reform of magisterial inquiries aimed at clipping the wings of government critics like Jason Azzopardi and Repubblika, and emphasised Malta's constitutional neu- trality despite his convoluted messages in Brussels and Valletta. The result also suggests that at a time of international crisis voters have once again rallied behind the incumbent government as was the case during the pandemic. The survey also shows La- bour scoring an absolute majority for the first time since the European Parlia- ment election in June last year. The share of third parties has collec- tively decreased by two points from 7.9% in February to 5.6% now. The third-party vote is fragmented between Momentum (2.2%), ADPD (1.5%) and other small parties (1.9%). Small shift to PN cancelled by drop in Labour's non voters Despite Labour's gains, the survey still CONTINUES NEXT PAGE > maltatoday PL 51.6% ADPD 1.5% Momentum 2.2% PN 42.8% Others 1.9% Age Gender Region Education 2022 Voters 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 77.7% 58.3% Voting Intentions All Voters Polling and market research since 2002 SURVEY Feb 2025