Voters in Malta cast their ballots Saturday in elections likely to secure a record-setting fourth term for the Labour government, despite concerns about over-construction and corruption in the tiny Mediterranean nation. Opinion polls point to a win for Prime Minister Robert Abela, 48, who is campaigning on Labour's economic record and a promise to shield import-heavy Malta from geopolitical crises. His main rival is Nationalist Party (PN) candidate Alex Borg, a 30-year-old lawyer and former "Mr World Malta" beauty pageant winner, who would be the country's youngest leader. At festive final rallies Thursday, Abela told flare-waving supporters that he would be "a captain as strong as steel", while Borg slammed a country "in chaos", from a beleaguered health service to blackouts in sweltering summers. Located off the coast of Sicily, Malta is the smallest and most densely populated country in the European Union, with around 550,000 people living in 316 square kilometres (122 square miles).
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