15,312 voting documents go uncollected, slightly more than in 2022<\/p>\n
A total of 15,312 voting documents have gone uncollected, which is equivalent to 4.29% of the electorate.<\/p>\n
The percentage is a slight increase over the same statistic in the 2022 general election. Back then, 14,473 voting documents were not collected – equivalent to 4.07%.<\/p>\n
The figure remains significantly higher than in 2017, where just 8,372 voting documents went uncollected, a 2.44% share.<\/p>\n
The data shows that the districts with the most uncollected votes were the 12th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup> district, where there were 2,433 votes and 2,000 votes not collected – equivalent to 9.24% and 7.23% of the respective districts<\/p>\n The 12th<\/sup> district is made up of St Paul’s Bay, Mellieha and Mgarr, while the 10th<\/sup> district is made up of Gzira, Pembroke, St Julian’s, Sliema, and part of Naxxar. <\/p>\n Both districts are known to have a higher population of naturalised citizens who may have less of an interest in local politics, and they are consistently the districts with the highest share of uncollected votes.<\/p>\n There were also slight increases in the percentage of votes which were not collected in the 1st<\/sup>, 8th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup>, and 11th<\/sup> districts compared to last election. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n &amp;lt;img src=”https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/29174835\/thumbnail” mce_src=”https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/29174835\/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” \/&amp;gt;<\/p>\n In the 1st<\/sup> district, which is made up of Valletta, Floriana, Hamrun, Marsa, Santa Venera, Guardamangia, and part of Birkirkara, 1,199 votes were not collected – equivalent to 4.46%, and an increase of 0.39 percentage points when compared to 2022.<\/p>\n In the 8th<\/sup> district, which is made up of the rest of Birkirkara, Balzan, Iklin, Lija, and part of Naxxar, there were 1,009 votes not collected – equivalent to 3.62%, and an increase of 0.5 percentage points when compared to 2022.<\/p>\n The 9th<\/sup> district, made up of Msida, Gharghur, Pieta, San Gwann, Swieqi, and Ta’ Xbiex, had 1,444 votes which were not collected – equivalent to 5.30%, and an increase of 0.57 percentage points compared to 2022.<\/p>\n The 11th<\/sup> district, made up of Attard and Mosta, saw a similar increase in the percentage of uncollected voted. There were 965 uncollected voting documents – equivalent to 3.62%, which is an increase of 0.56 percentage points.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, there were slight decreases in the percentage of uncollected votes in the 3rd<\/sup>, 4th<\/sup>, and 13th<\/sup> districts.<\/p>\n The 3rd<\/sup> district is made up of Zejtun, Ghaxaq, Marsaxlokk, and most of Marsascala. The 4th<\/sup> district is made up of Paola, Tarxien, Gudja, Santa Lucija, and most of Fgura. The 13th<\/sup> district is the whole island of Gozo.<\/p>\n The 3rd<\/sup> district saw a decrease of 0.23 percentage points; the 4th<\/sup> district saw a decrease of 0.16 percentage points; and the 13th<\/sup> district saw a decrease of 0.29 percentage points.<\/p>\n Voting documents which are uncollected are now unable to be used. Polls will open on Saturday morning, and remain open until 10pm. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n