Maltese general election, 1976
Maltese general election, 1976
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| All 65 seats of the Maltese House of Representatives |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Dom Mintoff |
Giorgio Borġ Olivier |
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| Party |
Labour |
Nationalist |
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| Last election |
28 seats, 50.8% |
27 seats, 48.1% |
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| Seats won |
34 |
31 |
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| Seat change |
 6 |
4 |
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| Popular vote |
105,845 |
99,551 |
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| Percentage |
51.5% |
48.5% |
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| Swing |
0.3% |
0.4% |
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General elections were held in Malta on 17 and 18 September 1976.[1] The Malta Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats.
Electoral system
The elections were held using the single transferable vote system.[2] The number of seats was increased from 55 to 65,[3] whilst the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Malta Labour Party | 105,854 | 51.5 | 34 | +6 |
| Nationalist Party | 99,551 | 48.5 | 31 | +4 |
| Independents | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,165 | – | – | – |
| Total | 206,605 | 100 | 65 | +10 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 217,724 | 94.9 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1310
