Breaking News: Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech Faces Major Setback as Labour Party Extends Lead
In a dramatic turn of events, the Labour Party has significantly widened its lead over the Nationalist Party, according to MaltaToday’s latest April survey. The data reveals that Labour’s lead has doubled from 12,000 votes in February to an astonishing 24,000 votes now, highlighting a crisis moment for Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech.
The survey indicates that the Labour Party now commands an absolute majority with 51.6% of voter support, leaving the Nationalist Party trailing at 42.8%. This shift in the political landscape also marks a decline in support for third-party options, whose votes are now splintered across Momentum, ADPD, and other smaller factions.
Several factors contribute to Labour’s nine-point advantage. Notably, there’s been a sharp decline in voter abstention among former Labour supporters, while the opposite trend unfolds for the Nationalist Party, with a six-point rise in abstention among its earlier voters. Remarkably, the Labour Party is currently retaining 80.4% of its supporters from the 2022 election, whereas the Nationalist Party is holding on to just 77.7%.
The implications for Bernard Grech and the Nationalist Party are profound, as they face the challenge of reversing this trend and regaining the trust and support of disillusioned voters.
