The Labour Party solidified its lead in seven districts and achieved a new majority of votes in Gozo, preliminary results computed at Naxxar vote counting centre show. In the 11th both improved their result, according to preliminary results.

In the 11th both parties improved their result.

The vote-counting process is moving on painstakingly slowly, but is expected to gather momentum later this evening.

In the last election, 12 people were elected on the first count.