Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has won a second, five-year term in office in early general elections.
Muscat's Labour Party won 55 percent of votes in the June 3 election, handing it an absolute majority in the 65-seat parliament.
Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil called Muscat and conceded defeat on June 4.
"You have confirmed your confidence in the movement despite one of the most negative electoral campaigns in the country's history," Muscat told voters.
He is to be sworn in as premier on June 5.
The snap election was called against a backdrop of corruption allegations that have tarnished Muscat's government.
Malta, which currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, also warned that it had become the target of cyberattacks that experts say come from Russia.
Muscat called the election a year early after his wife, Michelle, was accused of being the beneficial owner of a secret Panamanian shell company used to bank unexplained payments from Azerbaijan's ruling family.
The prime minister's chief of staff, Keith Schembri, has admitted having his own, previously undeclared Panama-registered company.
Media reports also alleged that Schembri accepted bribes from the sale of Maltese passports to wealthy Russians.
Last month, Muscat said that Malta's security services have been alerted to possible Russian interference in local affairs.
Relations between Russia and Malta have soured recently, mainly after Valleta's refusal to allow Russian warships heading to Syria to refuel in Malta.