Casual Election to elect a member of Parliament in the ninth Electoral Division

PRESS RELEASE BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

CASUAL ELECTION TO ELECT A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

IN THE NINTH ELECTORAL DIVISION

H.E. the President of the Republic has commissioned the Electoral Commission to hold a casual election in the Ninth Electoral Division following the resignation of the Hon. Leo Brincat, FCIB, M.P.  The Writ is being published in today’s Government Gazette.  The Electoral Commission therefore notifies that it shall be receiving candidates’ nominations for a casual election to elect a Member of Parliament in the ninth electoral division.

Eligible candidates who contested the ninth electoral division in the March 2013 General Election and who were not elected may present their nomination form daily from Tuesday 4th till Saturday the 8th October, 2016, at the Electoral Commission’s Office at Evans Building, Merchants Street, Valletta, between 9.00 am and noon.  Nomination forms may be obtained from the Office of the Electoral Commission in Valletta.

The Electoral Commission further notifies that the counting of votes of this casual election shall take place as from 9.00 am of Tuesday, 11th October, 2016.

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3rd October, 2016