Perhaps an interesting trend was observed during the vote transfers of the first female candidates to be eliminated. In the case of Fleur Vella (PL), Helga Ellul (PN) and Deborah Schembri (PL) – eliminated at the sixth, fourteenth, and nineteenth counts respectively – there was an average 66% transfer of their votes to female candidates. This means that two-thirds of their votes were passed to women candidates, even though this was concentrated in the main within their own party. Helga Ellul’s votes had higher cross-party voting – of the 2,068 votes transferred to women candidates (67% of her total transfers), 94 went to candidates of the opposing party. Miriam Dalli, elected on the 23rd count, had a lower surplus of 1,554 votes above the 35,959 quota, and less women candidates to give her votes to. But 45% of these, 700, went to a woman candidate: Marlene Mizzi (PL).
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:20:07 +0000
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