Simon Busuttil toured the Naxxar counting hall this afternoon amid enthusiasm by PN supporters.
Election monitors behind the perspex cheered and sang Ghax ghandna l-Simon maghna ahna maghqudin as they met the PN leader, accompanied by his deputies Mario deMarco and Beppe Fenech Adami.
They were celebrating PN gains in 27 of the 34 localities were elections were held on Saturday-week.
See full results at http://electoral.gov.mt/elections/LocalCouncils