Malta Votes in Referendum to retain Spring Hunting, also votes in Local Council Elections 2015

Turnout for the Local Council elections up to 2pm  on 11/4/15 was as follows:

Approximate total  percentage from all localities: 31%

 

Il-Birgu 35%
L-Isla 38%
Ħal Qormi 34%
Ħaż-Żebbuġ (M) 32%
Is-Siġġiewi 32%
Ħ’Attard 31%
Ħal Balzan 37%
Birżebbuġa 30%
Ħad-Dingli 35%
Floriana 40%
Il-Gżira 25%
Għajnsielem 30%
Ħal Għargħur 33%
Il-Ħamrun 38%
L-Iklin 36%
Ta’ Kerċem 34%
Ħal Kirkop 31%
Ħal Luqa 40%
Il-Marsa 34%
Marsaxlokk 30%
Il-Mosta 31%
Il-Munxar 29%
In-Nadur 33%
Paola 39%
Il-Qala 36%
Ħal Safi 38%
San Ġiljan 21%
San Lawrenz 26%
San Pawl il-Baħar 19%
Santa Luċija 45%
Is-Swieqi 23%
Ix-Xagħra 31%
Iż-Żebbuġ (Għ) 26%
Iż-Żurrieq 34%

 

The approximate turnout for the Local Council Elections, for the whole day of 11th April 2015 was as follows:

 

Il-Birgu 70%
L-Isla 71%
Ħal Qormi 78%
Ħaż-Żebbuġ (M) 77%
Is-Siġġiewi 81%
Ħ’Attard 76%
Ħal Balzan 72%
Birżebbuġa 69%
Ħad-Dingli 87%
Floriana 72%
Il-Gżira 50%
Għajnsielem 70%
Ħal Għargħur 76%
Il-Ħamrun 72%
L-Iklin 78%
Ta’ Kerċem 82%
Ħal Kirkop 79%
Ħal Luqa 80%
Il-Marsa 69%
Marsaxlokk 77%
Il-Mosta 73%
Il-Munxar 66%
In-Nadur 78%
Paola 72%
Il-Qala 74%
Ħal Safi 86%
San Ġiljan 40%
San Lawrenz 62%
San Pawl il-Baħar 39%
Santa Luċija 80%
Is-Swieqi 52%
Ix-Xagħra 76%
Iż-Żebbuġ (Għ) 61%
Iż-Żurrieq 80%

 

Approximated total for all localities:    68%

 

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Referendum for Spring Hunting Turnout up to 2pm:

Approximate Total of all localities: 34%

 

Section 1 36%
Section 2 31%
Section 3 31%
Section 4 37%
Section 5 34%
Section 6 36%
Section 7 34%
Section 8 34%
Section 9 33%
Section 10 36%
Section 11 34%
Section 12 31%
Section 13 33%

 

The following are the approximate percentage turnouts for the referendum, throughout the whole day of Saturday 11th April 2015:

 

Section 1 68%
Section 2 69%
Section 3 68%
Section 4 74%
Section 5 81%
Section 6 81%
Section 7 76%
Section 8 72%
Section 9 71%
Section 10 70%
Section 11 80%
Section 12 69%
Section 13 81%

 

 

Approximate Total for all localities:      75%

 

All statistics were taken from the GOV.MT DOI website.

The BBC today reported:

Some 45,000 Maltese signed a petition last year, triggering a vote on whether to close the spring hunting season, which runs from the middle to the end of April.

A second season in autumn is not included in the referendum.

Malta is the only EU country that allows recreational spring hunting.

Image from http://www.springhuntingout.com

The Referendum was won by the YES vote with 50.4 per cent of the valid votes cast. (2204 more in favour) Malta voted to retain Spring Hunting, and the NO campaign conceded defeat on Sunday morning.

There is however a twitter backlash against Malta mainly with talks of a tourism boycott as can be seen: