The Nationalist Party said that the Electoral Commission did not include the early votes in their turnout numbers:
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The PN said the total number of voters that the Electoral Commission said had cast their ballot by 2pm, 143,628, did not include the 15,289 electors who cast their ballot in the days before.
That would raise the 2pm turnout from 40% to 44.8% of Malta's registered 355,075 voters.https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/election-2022/115941/election_day_malta_goes_to_the_polls_today_at_the_end_of_calm_33day_electoral_campaign
