1971 Maltese general election

General elections were held in Malta between 12 and 14 June 1971.[1] The Malta Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 28 of the 55 seats.

1971 Maltese general election
12–14 June 1971
All 55 seats of the Maltese House of Representatives
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dom Mintoff George Borg Olivier
Party Labour Nationalist
Last election 22 seats, 43.1% 28 seats, 47.9%
Seats won 28 27
Seat change 6 1
Popular vote 85,448 80,753
Percentage 50.8% 48.1%
Prime Minister before election

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

 Elected Prime Minister

Dom Mintoff
Labour

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Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system,[2] whilst the number of seats was increased from 50 to 55.[3]

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Malta Labour Party85,44850.828+6
Nationalist Party80,75348.127–1
Progressive Constitutionalist Party1,7561.000
Independents1020.100
Invalid/blank votes854–––
Total168,91310055+5
Registered voters/turnout181,76892.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1310
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