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Voter turnout in the General Election 2026 showed a higher number of people cast their votes than in 2022. Early afternoon figures showed voting levels up be around 3% and that trend continued until the polls closed at 10pm Saturday night.

According to the Electoral Commission, 311,949 votes were cast by the time polling stations closed at 10pm on Saturday night.

There were a total of 356,832 eligible voters in this year’s election, up nearly 2,000 on 2022 election. Nearly 15,000 did not collect their vote.

Electoral Commission figures put the estimated turnout at 87.42%, that figure included early voters. Percentage of voting by district. Figures provided by Electoral Commission.

Distrett

Votanti Reġistrati

Total

%

1

 26,834

 23,460

87.43%

2

 27,347

 24,304

88.87%

3

 27,903

 24,641

88.31%

4

 26,438

 23,447

88.69%

5

 27,353

 24,475

89.48%

6

 26,779

 23,805

88.89%

7

 26,511

 23,789

89.73%
  Now the waiting. Boxes are expected to be opened at 9am and both major parties will be watching like hawks to see where the votes are going.