Maltese Democratic Party

Short-lived anti-establishment Maltese political party

Politics of Malta
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The Maltese Democratic Party (Maltese: Partit Demokratiku Malti; PDM) was a short-lived Maltese political party formed by Lino Briguglio to contest the 1987 general elections. The party ran four candidates across eight of the thirteen electoral districts.^[1] The party ran with the slogan "The Citizens first!", this slogan would later be adopted ten years after by the Labour Party.^[2]

Election results

Election	Leader	Seats contested	Votes	%	Seats	Rank	Status
1987^[3]	Lino Briguglio	8 / 69	380	0.16	0 / 69	3rd	Extraparliamentary

References

^ Schiavone, Michael J. (1992). Elezzjonijiet f'Malta 1849 - 1992 - Storja, Fatti, Ċifri [Elections in Malta 1849 - 1992, History, Facts, Figures] (in Maltese) (1st ed.). Pietà, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza (Independence Publications). pp. 440–448.
^ Iċ-Ċittadin l-ewwel: il-politika ġdida Laburista [The Citizens First: the new Labour policy] (in Maltese). Partit Laburista, Ċentru Nazzjonali Laburista. 1996.
^ Schiavone, Michael J. (1992). Elezzjonijiet f'Malta 1849 - 1992 - Storja, Fatti, Ċifri [Elections in Malta 1849 - 1992, History, Facts, Figures] (in Maltese) (1st ed.). Pietà, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza (Independence Publications). p. 437.