All eyes are on the Labour Party headquarters today as delegates choose the party's next deputy leader.
Owen Bonnici and Chris Cardona are facing off in a second round vote to determine who will be the deputy leader for party affairs, after Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi was eliminated in a vote last night.
Dr Zrinzo Azzopardi was eliminated after finishing third in the vote, with his 213 votes falling just shy of Dr Bonnici's 224.
Dr Cardona won over the most delegates, with his 310 votes making him the favourite for today's second round.
Candidates needed to obtain 375 votes – 50 per cent plus one of the 747 valid votes cast - to win the election without forcing a second vote. 752 of the party's 763 delegates voted in yesterday's election - a turnout of 98.56 per cent.
Voting lasts until 8pm with the result known shortly afterwards.
Delegates will have to decide whether to consolidate Friday’s vote or opt to turn the tables. Though Dr Cardona is the favourite, the Labour Party spawned a surprise winner in 1992. In the leadership race, Alfred Sant had obtained 414 votes in the first round, Lino Spiteri won 537. The third candidate, while Joe Brincat secured 119 votes. But the tables turned in the run-off when Dr Sant won 639 votes, 102 more than Mr Spiteri.
Dr Cardona, 44, is a lawyer by profession and has been an MP for five legislatures, having been first elected in 1996.
This was the second time he contested the PL's deputy leadership, having first thrown his hat in the ring back in 2008 - albeit for the post of deputy leader for parliamentary, not party affairs. He lost that race to Anglu Farrugia, who now serves as Speaker of the House.
He is currently the Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business.
Also a lawyer by profession, Dr Bonnici, 35, was first elected to parliament in 2008. He spent the previous legislature as Opposition spokesman for youth and culture and subsequently as its spokesman for higher education, university and research.
He was made parliamentary secretary for justice at the start of this legislature. His office was moved into the Prime Minister's Office after 100 days in office, and 13 months later he was promoted to Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government.
The election is being held just four months after Konrad Mizzi was elected to the post in a one-horse race. Dr Mizzi resigned after he was implicated in the Panama Papers scandal.