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.
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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 | +/– |
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Malta Labour Party | 85,448 | 50.8 | 28 | +6 |
Nationalist Party | 80,753 | 48.1 | 27 | –1 |
Progressive Constitutionalist Party | 1,756 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 102 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 854 | – | – | – |
Total | 168,913 | 100 | 55 | +5 |
Registered voters/turnout | 181,768 | 92.9 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1310
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