The previous election, which was held in June 2017 saw the Labour Party, which has governed the country since 2013, receive 55% of the popular vote and win 37 out of 67 seats in the House of Representatives.[1] Despite the allegations of corruption towards Joseph Muscat, who has served as prime minister of Malta since 2013, the confidence of the government was renewed in this election.[2][3] Following the election, Simon Busuttil resigned as leader of the Nationalist Party, and was replaced by Adrian Delia.[4][5] Daphne Caruana Galizia, a writer and anti-corruption activist who exposed Labour politicians Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri after being named in the Panama Papers leak, was assassinated in October 2017 in a car bomb attack.[6][7][8] The assassination eventually culminated into a political crisis that reached its peak during 2019.[9] Subsequently, mass protests were organized between November 2019 and January 2020 in Malta and Maltese diaspora.[10][11] Muscat announced his resignation in December 2020 and he resigned a month later.[12] Muscat remained in the House as a backbencher, but resigned in October 2020.[13]