Alleanza Bidla

The Alliance for Change (Maltese: Alleanza Bidla, AB) is a defunct right-wing Christian-democratic political party in Malta.^[1][2] It is eurosceptic and has expressed socially conservative stances.^[3][4] It was led by Ivan Grech Mintoff, who in 2021 founded ABBA Party.^[5][6] Although the party's social media has not been updated since 2019, as of 2022^[update] Alleanza Bidla still remains a registered political party.^[7]

Alliance for Change Alleanza Bidla
Abbreviation	AB
Founded	c. 2013
Succeeded by	ABBA (de facto)
Ideology	Social conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	European Christian Political Movement
House of Representatives	0 / 67
European Parliament	0 / 6
Local Council Seats	0 / 462
Website
alleanzabidla.com
Politics of Malta Political parties Elections

2017 parliamentary election

After going through the judicial system, Alleanza Bidla were able to nominate a total of four candidates to contest on two electoral districts each.^[8][9][10]

The names of the candidates (along with the electoral districts that they contested on) were:^[11]

• Ivan Grech Mintoff (1st and 12th district)
• Elizabeth (k/a Claire) Mikkelsen (9th and 10th district)
• Joseph Giardina (7th and 12th district)
• Saviour (Sonny) Xeureb (6th and 11th district)

Election results

General elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2017	Ivan Grech Mintoff	221	0.07	0 / 67	New	6th	extra-parliamentary

European Parliament elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2014	Ivan Grech Mintoff	1,015	0.40	0 / 6	New	6th
2019		1,186	0.46	0 / 6		6th

References

1. Yannick Pace (4 January 2017). "On the right, Maltese conservatives still unable to find common ground". MaltaToday. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
2. Tim Diacono. "Far-right leaders make pitch for return to 'traditional Maltese, Christian values'". MaltaToday. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
3. "Alleanza Bidla forms part of a new group to fight the harmful 'non-gender conformity' agenda". The Malta Independent. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
4. "Alleanza Bidla calls on people fed up with mainstream politics to join his party and bring change". The Malta Independent. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
5. Sansone, Kurt (18 December 2016). "Expect a long ballot sheet next general election". Times of Malta. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
6. "ABBA registered as a new political party". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
7. Sansone, Kurt. "From Floriana l-Ewwel to ABBA, Malta has 12 registered political parties". MaltaToday. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
8. "Not historical at all: Alleanza Bidla told they cannot field candidates in more than two districts". The Malta Independent. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
9. Matthew Agius (19 May 2017). "Court rules Alleanza Bidla candidates cannot run on more than two districts each". MaltaToday. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
10. Edwina Brincat (19 May 2017). "Four Alleanza Bidla candidates to contest two districts each, court rules". Times of Malta. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
11. "Candidates". www.alleanzabidla.com/.