Five nominations have been submitted to the Electoral Commission to fill the parliamentary seat vacated by former Nationalist minister Joe Cassar.

The submissions were made Tony Abela, Rudolph Grima, Peter Micallef, Philip Mifsud and David Vassallo.

The counting of ballot papers will start tomorrow at 9am at the Counting Complex in Naxxar.

Dr Cassar resigned from Parliament on November 3 in the wake of revelations about his connection with the controversial Gaffarena family.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.