Four councillors, including the mayor, have been elected on Zabbar's first count as the counting of votes from the local councils election continues in Naxxar.
PL's Domenic Agius was elected mayor with 2,282 votes. John Pace and Mark Grech, both PL, obtained 1,081 and 1,079 votes, respectively.
Mr Agius was also mayor between 2000 and 2006. Serving mayor Clyde Caruana did not seek re-election.
The PN elected Joseph Buttigieg with 1,121 votes.
Joseph Bonnici, Robert Buhagiar and Keith Pisani, all PL, were elected on the second count. The PN's Anna Calleja and Francis Catania were elected on the eighth count.