The center-left Labour Party (MLP) has won an unprecedented fourth term in Malta's general elections, preliminary results showed Sunday.
"This is a victory of all the people based on the program we presented for all the people," Prime Minister Robert Abela told reporters, saying the outcome showed his party had "won a strong mandate."
"Let us maintain the spirit of national unity and move the country forward together," he said.
More than 340,000 people were eligible to cast ballots in Saturday's vote in the European Union's smallest member state. The turnout was 87%.
"It's not the result we wanted, but it's a very clear message. We will keep working to be a strong alternative for the country," leader of the opposition conservative Nationalist Party (PN) Alex Borg said, according to the Times of Malta.
