“The mandate is clear, it’s a humbling result but Malta is not for election winners – it’s for all.”

A tweet by Joseph Muscat just minutes after it emerged that the Labour Party had swept to a historic victory, making him the youngest Prime Minister since independence.

“I fully understand the message and take full responsibility.”

Lawrence Gonzi deciding to step down as Nationalist Party leader after a crushing defeat at the polls.

“AD gets its best result ever and thanks its 5,500 voters.”

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Michael Briguglio welcoming the result in a tweet but expressing disappointment at his party’s failure to elect an MP.

“We are not as scary as they make us out to be.”

A Labour supporter celebrating her party’s victory in Valletta with her friends who all wanted to show they understood their leader’s message that Malta really was ‘Tagħna Lkoll’.

“I had music on and did not hear the bells peel with joy.”

Cardinal Prospero Grech, who lives a stone’s throw away from the Vatican, had been expecting a long conclave so he was surprised when he got a call from Malta telling him a Pope had been chosen.

“In Brussels there was a reluctance to talk about snus, so for Mr Dalli to actually listen was something out of the ordinary.”

Lawyer Gayle Kimberly testifying how surprised she was by the receptiveness of then EU Health Commissioner John Dalli to listen to a 40-minute presentation on the smokeless tobacco.

“If I could, I’d skip the day entirely.”

Rachel Bugeja, 20, feels that whenever March 12 is approaching – the day when her family lost their home in the Naxxar fireworks blast five years ago – she wonders if something bad will happen.