PL candidates start submitting nominations for casual elections

There are eight seats up for grabs

PL electoral candidates have started submitting their nominations for the casual elections, which will be held on June 12.

PL candidates can submit their nominations until June 10.

The casual elections will be held in the second, third, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth districts after eight Labour MPs gave up their seats.

Prime Minister Robert Abela, elected from the second and fifth districts, will vacate the second district seat. Other seats were vacated by Ian Borg, Michael Falzon, Miriam Dalli, Clyde Caruana, Clifton Grima, Jonathan Attard and Chris Fearne.

The following are the candidates who submitted their names on Saturday:

Second district (seat ceded by the Abela):

Clinton Domenic Azzopari Flores and Jorge Grech.

Seventh district (seat ceded by Borg)

Naomi Cachia

Eleventh district (seat ceded by Dalli)

Francesca Zarb

Eighth district (seat ceded by Caruana)

Vania Agius Tabone

Ninth district (two seats ceded by Falzon and Grima)

Vania Agius Tabone, Clinton Domenic Azzopari Flores, Miguel Balzan, Tania Borg, Lorna Borg Vassallo and Mariah Meli.

No one submitted their nomination for the third (seat ceded by Fearne) and twelfth (seat ceded by Attard) districts.

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