2013. Carmel Cacopardo was elected to lead in 2017. In the general election of 2013, Alternattiva Demokratika obtained its best ever result with 5,506 votes (1.8%) in total across all districts where they ran candidates but failed to win a seat in parliament. The party's best result was in District 10 where then party leader Michael Briguglio received 741 first preference votes and a further 154 transfers before being eliminated after the 17th count. The quota for that district was 3,679 votes. After the election some Democratic Alternative supporters claimed this raised a number of issues regarding representation. Talks are expected to take place during a constitutional convention with regards to addressing anomalies with the current Maltese electoral system. Alternattiva Demokratika entered into preliminary coalition negotiations with the Nationalist Party in April 2017 to determine if they could cooperate to unseat the Labour government. The talks broke down when AD's proposal of a coalition running under a separate name, 'Qawsalla' ("Rainbow"), with a new policy platform was rejected by the Nationalists, who were willing to form the coalition only if AD candidates ran under the Nationalist ticket. Media In the 1990s, Alternattiva Demokratika had its own newspaper publication, Alternattiva, whose editor in chief from 1989 until 1991 was Harry Vassallo, and its own radio station, Capital Radio. Leaders Wenzu Mintoff 1989–1999 Harry Vassallo 1999–2008 Arnold Cassola 2008–2009 Michael Briguglio 2009–2013 Arnold Cassola 2013–2017 Carmel Cacopardo 2017–2020 Electoral history House of Representatives elections European parliamentary elections See also Green party Green politics List of environmental organizations References External links Defunct political parties in Malta Green parties in Europe European Green Party Political parties established in 1989 Global Greens member parties 1989 establishments in Malta 2020 disestablishments in Malta Political parties disestablished in 2020