Labour could flip district 12, securing a ninth electoral district

Labour predict they may secure nine of the country’s 13 electoral districts, with the traditionally blue twelfth electoral district turning red.  

The party won its third successive general election on Sunday, with the focus subsequently switching to the vote-counting process and calculating the margin of victory. 

PL electoral sources told Times of Malta that early indications pointed to them secure districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13.  

Those projections were provided at around 4.20 pm and are preliminary, as they are based on samples of ballots taken across the country. 

The traditionally blue twelfth district, which includes Mellieħa, St Paul’s Bay and parts of Naxxar, is polling very close, with Labour edging slightly ahead as sampling continues.   

At 78%, District 12 had the lowest voter turnout this election.  

In 2017, the PN won the district with a narrow margin of just 800 votes, capturing three seats to Labour's two. 

Should district 12 turn to Labour, that would leave the PN with just four districts - 8, 9, 10, and 11 - secured and would mean that Labour will have secured an additional district in every election since 2013.

In 2013, the Labour Party won seven...