Almost 60 candidates will vie for the 18 Nationalist Party executive council seats in elections next month, the party announced this afternoon.

Nine women and nine men will fill the executive positions following elections which will be held on Saturday 4 November. Early voting will take place tomorrow, Saturday 27 October.

Unsuccessful leadership candidate Alex Perici Calascione, short-lived MP Jean Pierre Debono and former Birkirkara mayor Michael Fenech Adami all feature on the men's list, with former PN general council president Paula Mifsud Bonnici leading the women's list of candidates.

Candidate lists in full

Men: Joseph M. Aquilina, Nicky Azzopardi, Ivan Bartolo, Charles Bonello, Albert Buttigieg, Alexis Callus, John Baptist Camilleri, Jeremy Cardona, Jerome Caruana Cilia, Roderick Caruana, Robert Cremona, Josef Cuschieri, Malcolm Custo’, Jean Pierre Debono, John B. Dougall, Gabriel Joshua Ellul, Michael Fenech Adami, Mario Frendo, Ċensu Galea, Stephen Gatt, David Grech, David Herrera, Alexander Mangion, Ernest Mercieca, Aaron Micallef Piccione, Robert Micallef, Malcolm Mifsud, Josie Muscat, Martin Musumeci, Alex Perici Calascione, Pierre Portelli, Mark Anthony Sammut, Liam Sciberras, Norvin Spiteri, Alban Thika, Ian Mario Vassallo, Norman Vella, Antoine Zammit u Jason Zammit.

Women: Amanda Abela, Marisa Abela, Simone Aquilina, Roselyn Borg Knight, Elaine Camilleri Schembri, Maryanne Cuomo, Graziella Galea, Margaret Mercieca, Paula Mifsud Bonnici, Claire Mifsud, Anne Marie Muscat Fenech Adami, Veronica Perici Calascione, Stefania Pirotta, Connie Scerri, Sandra Smart Costantino, Lisa Spiteri, Louise Tedesco, Evelyn Vella Brincat, Francesca Zammit u Marie Claire Zammit.