Prime Minister Joseph Muscat received a total of 27,560 first count votes across two electoral districts, while PN Leader Simon Busuttil received 20,655 first count votes
Dr Muscat received 14,674 first count votes on the 2nd district, higher than what he received in 2013 (13,968)
One has to keep in mind that there have been changes to the electoral districts. The 2nd district, comprising Vittoriosa, Senglea, Cospicua, Zabbar (including St Peter's), Kalkara and Xghajra, now also includes part of Fgura, thus meaning that the population in this district has risen.
On the 5th District, Dr Muscat received 12,886 first count votes
Muscat counting hall result 2 from The Malta Independent on Vimeo.
The Prime Minister had called a snap election on 1 May, and has achieved a massive electoral victory despite corruption allegations, likely to be a 35,000 vote margin.
The Prime Minister has been fending off allegations that his wife owns Egrant, a company in Panama. His Chief of Staff Keith Schembri is also under heavy fire, following allegations that he took kickbacks from the IIP scheme and made payments to Allied Newspapers Managing Director Adrian Hillman. They have denied all the aforementioned allegations, and magisterial inquiries are ongoing.
PN Leader Simon Busuttil received a total of 20,655 first count votes across two electoral districts.
He received 11,266 first count votes on the 11th district. Back in 2013, when he was a Deputy Leader, he received 7,768 votes.
On the 12th district, he received 9,389 first count votes