Malta opinion polls

General election Held 30 May 2026.

Labour Party leads the polling average with 52.2%, 8.8 points ahead of Nationalist Party.

Average

Updated 34 minutes ago

PLLabour Party 52.2 +1.4

PNNationalist Party 43.4 −1.1

PLPN

PLPN

Immigration

ExpandRestrictRemigration

Economy

Free marketState-directed

Christian identity

SecularChristian

Abortion

Broad accessProtect unborn life

Marriage & family

Individual choiceTraditional

National culture

CosmopolitanPreserve heritage

Subsidiarity

CentraliseDevolve

Technology

Light-touchRein in Big Tech

Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology

Why these scores

Labour Party: 5 of 10 2025 Labour Migration Policy curbs new foreign-worker permits; returns law-breaking foreigners; Libya cooperation against boat arrivals
Nationalist Party: 5 of 10 Pledges a population authority, quotas on work and residence permits, and an army-police unit against irregular immigration

Labour Party: 4.5 of 10 Subsidises fuel, gas and electricity to freeze prices; €1,000 tax-free worker bonus; 25% tax for small firms
Nationalist Party: 4 of 10 Pledges income tax cuts, no tax on inherited property, 15% micro-firm and 25% SME tax, 30% lower electricity rates

Labour Party: 3 of 10 Repealed the vilification-of-religion offence in 2016 and led secular social reforms; increased state support for Church schools
Nationalist Party: 5 of 10 Christian-democratic statute rooted in Catholic teaching, but 2026 programme has no religion pledges; most MPs backed same-sex marriage

Labour Party: 7.5 of 10 Its 2023 law allows termination only when the woman's life or health is in grave danger; otherwise criminal
Nationalist Party: 9 of 10 Statute rules out abortion in all cases; opposed Labour's 2023 exception law; leader Borg backs life from conception

Labour Party: 2 of 10 Legalised same-sex marriage and gender self-ID; 2026 manifesto pledges LGBTIQ+ legal review and wider IVF genetic testing
Nationalist Party: 4.5 of 10 Pledges a year of state-paid parental leave per child and €5,000 baby fund, plus LGBTIQ+ anti-discrimination and trans healthcare

Labour Party: 4.5 of 10 Requires pre-departure and Maltese-language courses for foreign workers; pledges a stronger Maltese Language Centre and heritage restoration
Nationalist Party: 5.5 of 10 Pledges compulsory Maltese course within a year for public-facing non-EU workers, framed as protecting Maltese identity

Labour Party: 4 of 10 Pro-EU, seeks more EU funds while defending constitutional neutrality; pledges more resources for local councils
Nationalist Party: 4.5 of 10 Pro-EU EPP member; pledges constitutional region status for Gozo and returning local enforcement to councils

Labour Party: 6 of 10 Pledges rules forcing social platforms to use effective age checks for minors; wants Malta Europe's most AI-friendly country
Nationalist Party: 6 of 10 Pledges safe-by-default settings for minors, limits on autoplay and infinite scroll, audited child-risk assessments for big platforms

Date	Pollster	PL	PN
24 May	Malta Today	50.6	44.2
23 May	Esprimi/Times of Malta	53.5	42.9
20 May	Sagalytics	54.3	42.2
13 May	Sagalytics	52.9	42.9
13 May	Malta Today	50.1	43.8
13 May	Esprimi/Times of Malta	52.9	44
6 May	Sagalytics	53.1	42.6
29 Apr	Sagalytics	53.2	43.1
16 Apr	Esprimi	51.3	45
6 Mar	Malta Today	48.2	45.6
19 Feb	Independent	52.8	42.6
16 Jan	Malta Today	48.9	45.7
20 Nov 2025	Sagalytics	52.3	43.5
13 Nov 2025	MaltaToday	48.7	46.1