Opinion polling for the 2026 Maltese general election
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In the run up to the next Maltese general election, on 30 May 2026, various organizations have carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Malta. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
In the most recent general election, in 2022, the Labour Party won their third consecutive election, and have been in power since 2013.
Party polling
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a poll result is a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are both shaded and displayed in bold.
It is not uncommon for the third largest party, AD+PD and other smaller parties to be grouped together in polls, or totally excluded.
Expressing a Preference
The values in the table below are derived by removing non-party responses (i.e. non-voters, "don't know", and "no reply"); as the margin is also recalculated, there may be slight differences in exact lead margins due to rounding.
Accuracy
Opinion polling results on the vigil of the 2022 election were quite accurate compared with the outcome of the 2022 election results.
| Dates Conducted | Polling firm | Sample size |
PL | PN | AD+PD | M | Others | Lead | Not voting[nb 1] |
Don't know[nb 2] |
No reply[nb 3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-29 Apr 2026 | Sagalytics | 1,200 | 53.2 | 43.1 | 3.7 | 11 | - | 12.6 | - | |||
| 9–16 Apr 2026 | Esprimi | 600 | 51.3 | 45.0 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 16.0 | – | – | |||
| 23 Feb–6 Mar 2026 | Malta Today | 784 | 48.2 | 45.6 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 19.3 | – | – | |
| 13–19 Feb 2026 | Independent | 1200 | 52.8 | 42.6 | 4.6 | 10.2 | – | 11.8 | – | |||
| 5–16 Jan 2026 | Malta Today | 813 | 48.9 | 45.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.2 | – | – | – | |
| 13–20 Nov 2025 | Sagalytics | 1200 | 52.3 | 43.5 | 1.7 | – | 2.0 | 8.8 | – | 12.7 | – | |
| 5–13 Nov 2025 | MaltaToday | 799 | 48.7 | 46.1 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | – | – | – | |
| 24 Sept–2 Oct 2025 | MaltaToday | 741 | 48.8 | 45.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 18.4 | – | – | |
| 28 May–6 Jun 2025 | MaltaToday | 647 | 53.3 | 39.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 6.7 | – | – | |
| 28 Mar–8 Apr 2025 | MaltaToday | 651 | 51.6 | 42.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 8.8 | 22.5 | – | – | |
| 29 Jan–13 Feb 2025 | MaltaToday | 672 | 48.2 | 43.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 24.5 | – | – | |
| 30 Jan–12 Feb 2025 | Times of Malta | 600 | 51.5 | 45.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 19.7 | – | – | |||
| 5–13 Nov 2024 | MaltaToday | 707 | 45.3 | 46.3 | 4.1 | – | 4.2 | 1.0 | 29.4 | – | – | |
| 11–19 Sep 2024 | MaltaToday | 712 | 43.8 | 48.2 | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | 4.4 | 24.3 | – | – | |
| 8 June 2024 | 2024 EP Election[nb 4] | – | 45.3 | 42.0 | 1.2 | – | 11.2 | 3.3 | 27 | – | – | |
| 28–29 May | Senior Government Ministers, former Ministers, and civil servants are charged in court following the conclusion of the Magisterial Inquiry into the Vitals Scandal.[1][2] | |||||||||||
| 28 Nov–6 Dec 2023 | MaltaToday | 650 | 47.3 | 43.1 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 30.2 | – | – | |||
| 1–9 Nov 2023 | MaltaToday | 637 | 49.0 | 45.4 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 31.0 | |||||
| 14–26 Oct 2023 | Esprimi/Times of Malta | 600 | 50.0 | 44.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 27.8 | |||||
| 25 Sep–4 Oct 2023 | MaltaToday | 657 | 43.8 | 45.8 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 31 | |||||
| 9–16 Mar 2023 | Esprimi/Times of Malta | 600 | 51.6 | 42.9 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 27.4 | |||||
| 29 Feb | Court annuls contentious 2015 transfer - approved by former PL Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - of three hospitals to international control.[3][4] | |||||||||||
| 26 March 2022 | 2022 general election | – | 45.8 | 34.7 | 1.3 | – | 1.3 | 11.1 | 14.4 | – | – | |
Complete Data
| Dates Conducted | Polling firm | Sample size |
PL | PN | AD+PD | M | Others | Lead | Not voting |
Don't know |
No reply[nb 5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–8 Sep 2023 | Independent | 1600 | 34.9 | 35.3 | 4.9 | – | 4.6 | 0.4 | 15.9 | 4.4 | – | |
| 10–20 Jul 2023 | MaltaToday | 749 | 29.6 | 30.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 22.6 | 13.9 | |||
| 10–19 May 2023 | MaltaToday | 574 | 33.1 | 28.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 20.8 | 14.7 | |||
| 3–10 Mar 2023 | MaltaToday | 574 | 30.8 | 28.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 24.8 | 10.0 | |||
| 29 Feb | Court annuls contentious 2015 transfer - approved by former PL Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - of three hospitals to international control.[5][6] | |||||||||||
| 24 Jan–1 Feb 2023 | MaltaToday | 646 | 38.7 | 22.8 | 0.7 | – | 2.0 | 15.9 | 23.9 | 10.5 | – | |
| 22 Nov–1 Dec 2022 | MaltaToday | 650 | 36.4 | 24.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 12.2 | 22.2 | 13.2 | |||
| 13–30 Sep 2022 | MaltaToday | 647 | 39.4 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 14.9 | |||
| 6–14 Jul 2022 | MaltaToday | 656 | 42.0 | 25.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 14.1 | |||
| 16–25 May 2022 | MaltaToday | 656 | 43.9 | 28.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | |||
| 26 March 2022 | 2022 general election [7] | – | 45.8 | 34.7 | 1.3 | – | 1.3 | 11.1 | 14.4 | – | 2.5 | |
| 24 March 2022 | Malta Today | 2,995 | 46.5 | 38.7 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 13.0 | – | – | |||
| 23 March 2022 | Vincent Marmará | 1,800 | 49.2 | 37.7 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | – | – | |||
Leader trust
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | Sample size |
Abela | Borg | Grech [nb 6] | Gauci | Cassola | Neither | Lead[nb 7] | Don't know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-29 Apr 2026 | Sagalytics | 1,200 | 45.6 | 32 | - | - | - | 8 | 13.6 | 10.7 |
| 23 Feb–6 Mar 2026 | Malta Today | 784 | 44.1 | 37.7 | – | – | – | 18.2 | 6.4 | – |
| 18–27 Oct 2025 | Times of Malta | 600 | 45.6 | 38.8 | – | – | – | 15.6 | 6.8 | – |
| 29 Jan–13 Feb 2025 | MaltaToday | 672 | 46.8 | – | 24.7 | – | – | 28.5 | 18.3 | – |
| 7–21 Mar 2024 | MaltaToday | 647 | 41.1 | – | 16.7 | 42.2 | 1.1 | |||
| 26 Jan–5 Feb 2024 | MaltaToday | 647 | 41.1 | – | 16.7 | 42.2 | 1.1 | |||
| 28 Nov–6 Dec 2023 | MaltaToday | 650 | 37.5 | – | 21.1 | 41.3 | 3.8 | |||
| 1–9 Nov 2023 | MaltaToday | 637 | 38.0 | – | 23.6 | 38.4 | 0.4 | |||
| 14–26 Oct 2023 | Esprimi/Times of Malta | 600 | 45.7 | – | 36.9 | – | 8.8 | |||
| 25 Sep–4 Oct 2023 | MaltaToday | 657 | 39.2 | – | 20 | 40.9 | 1.7 | |||
| 1–8 Sep 2023 | Independent | 1600 | 36 | – | 27.1 | 7.8 | 29.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 10–20 Jul 2023 | MaltaToday | 749 | 36 | – | 26.8 | – | 33.3 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
See also
Notes
- Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
- Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
- Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
- Although it is important that EP Elections are treated differently to General Elections, this is still an important reference point.
- Excluded from calculation for the party percentages.
- Bernard Grech is the former leader of the party, announcing his resignation on 10 June 2025, which took effect upon the election of Alex Borg as party leader on 6 September 2025.
- Lead over other leader or non-voters