The Labour Party has won the 2022 general election, securing a hat-trick of victories and returning Robert Abela to power. Abela made the announcement during a short interview on TVM, sparking wild celebrations inside the Naxxar counting hall. Party agents and candidates erupted into chants of "Robert tagħna il-mexxej (our Robert is the leader), hallelujah" and "viva l-Labour," within minutes of the announcement. PN leader Bernard Grech called Abela to concede defeat and congratulate him for the victory. Deputy prime minister Chris Fearne said the Labour victory was as "sound" as the preceding ones. Both parties inside the counting hall are predicting a landslide victory for Abela's party, with a gap of more than 30,000 votes between Labour and the Nationalists, but an official result will not be known until the early hours of Monday. What is known so far is that Labour obtained an overall majority. In 2017, the Labour Party won 55.04 per cent of the vote, while the PN obtained 43.6 per cent of the vote, a majority of 35,280 votes. In 2013, Labour beat the PN by 35,107 votes. The PL victory comes as no surprise with multiple surveys showing a consistent gap with the...