Chief Electoral Commissioner Mr Joseph Church addressing the media during the curtain raiser of the electoral process

Chief Electoral Commissioner Mr Joseph Church addressing the media during the curtain raiser of the electoral process for the forthcoming European Parliamentary elections. In all there are 344,374 voters eligible to cast their ballot on Saturday.  The Electoral Commission’s staff on polling day includes 782 counting staff and 3662 Assistant Electoral Commissioners servicing the 680 ballot boxes. The first official result is expected to be announced early on Monday morning. The Department of Information will be updating the electoral results on the portal www.gov.mt