Clifton Grima submits nomination for Labour casual election

Former Msida mayor and Mount Carmel CEO Clifton Grima has submitted his nomination to fill in the parliamentary seat vacated by former environment minister Leo Brincat, who will be moving on to the European Court of Auditors.

The casual election is scheduled for October 11, and Grima is the frontrunner in the race. He had garnered 1,646 first count votes and was the penultimate candidate to be eliminated from Labour’s list on the ninth district.

Other candidates who had contested the ninth district on the Labour ticket during the 2013 general elections were Simon Saliba (648 votes), Nikita Zammit Alamango, Sigmund Mifsud, Manuel Micallef, Martin Ellul and Anthony Mifsud Bonnici.

Candidates must achieve 50% of the quota established in the election. The quota was 3,834.