The spring hunting referendum cost €4,631,688, chief electoral commissioner Joseph Church said.
In a statement to the Finance Minister, tabled in Parliament today, Mr Church said this excluded the €1,349,538 paid to Air Malta in respect of voters who returned to Malta to vote in the referendum.
The €4.6 million expenses were made up of the following:
• Renumeration to electoral office employees - €244,016;
• Renumeration to assistant commissioners, etc - €953,545;
• Renumeration to temporary personnel - €1,628,663;
• Utilities, operating materials and supplies, repairs - €194,784;
• Office services - €441,263;
• Local transport - €387,722;
• Information services - €46,801; and
• Contractual services, property improvement, hospitality and equipment - €734,894.