Spunt × Lovin Malta · Election 2026

Fantasy
Election League

It's fantasy football, but for the general election. Build a squad from Malta's 13 electoral districts, stay under budget, name your captain, and score points on how your candidates actually perform when the votes are counted.

— days to polling day

13 districts to fill

€100m squad budget

162 candidates standing

Build your squad ↓

Polling day: Saturday 30 May 2026 · A free game by Spunt in collaboration with Lovin Malta.

Free to play · Election 2026

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Spunt's fantasy game for Malta's general election. Pick 13 candidates, one from each district, stay under €100m, captain wisely, and score on the real result on 30 May 2026. Sign in with Google to start your squad.

It takes a tap, we only store your Gmail address and your squad picks.

Pick Your Squad

Use your €100m budget to pick 13 candidates, one from each of Malta's electoral districts. Real names, real parties.

Score on the Real Result

Points come from the actual count, first-preference votes, getting elected, breaking the quota, two-district sweeps, and big-name flops.

Compete in Leagues

Create a league, share a join code, climb the national leaderboard. Every signed-in player is already in the Malta-wide league.

How to play

Build a 13-candidate squad

Tap a district in the parliament chamber, then pick one candidate from the list, one from each of the 13 districts. Keep the whole squad under the €100m budget; a bargain squad goes for about €57.4m, so it's about balance, not survival.

Pick your starting 11

Of your 13, only 11 score. Send 2 to the bench; a bench pick only comes on if one of your starting 11 isn't elected and a bench pick is. Two districts always sit out: choosing which two is part of the game.

Name a captain

Pick a captain from your starting 11, their points are doubled. Add a vice-captain as backup. Captain a heavyweight for safety, or a cheap punt for a swing.

Score on the real result

When the count is done, every candidate earns points on how they actually did, first-count votes, getting elected, smashing the quota, early counts, shock wins. Highest total wins.

Pick Politicians

Budget left €100.0m

Squad 0 / 13

Bench 0 / 2

Captain —

Tap a district in the chamber to start picking.

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Pick Team

Your starting 11, bench and captain will appear here once you start picking. Use the buttons on each card to set your captain, vice-captain and bench.

Your squad auto-saves to your account on every change.

How scoring works

Malta votes by Single Transferable Vote: 13 districts, five seats each, a quota a candidate must reach to be elected, and votes that transfer across many counts. Scoring is deliberately simple, four rules per candidate, the captain bonus, and a penalty for leaving districts empty.

First-count votes

One point per 1,000 first-preference votes a candidate collects across the district(s) they contest. The base reward for genuine popularity.

Elected

Won a seat in the House of Representatives via the normal count. Seats filled by a casual / bye-election (after a 2-district winner vacates) don't earn this bonus.

Elected on count 1

Got over the quota on first preferences alone, a clean, decisive win on the very first count. Stacks with the +3 for being elected.

Top in the district

Pulled the most first-count votes in their district. The vote magnet bonus, the person everyone else's transfers chase.

Elected in 2 districts

Finished in the top 5 of both districts they contested, i.e. they won enough to trigger a casual election before vacating one seat. A small extra for spotting a true heavyweight.

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