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32 seats in the Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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7 of the 17 seats in the Senate 4 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Malta on 18 and 19 October 1921. [1] The Maltese Political Union emerged as the largest party, winning 14 of the 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly and four of the seven elected seats in the Senate. [2] Joseph Howard became prime minister.
Members of the Legislative Assembly were elected using the single transferable vote system, with four members elected in each of the eight districts. [3] Suffrage was limited to men. [4]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Maltese Political Union | 7,999 | 39.07 | 14 | |
Constitutional Party | 5,183 | 25.31 | 7 | |
Labour Party | 4,742 | 23.16 | 7 | |
Democratic Nationalist Party | 2,465 | 12.04 | 4 | |
Independents | 86 | 0.42 | 0 | |
Total | 20,475 | 100.00 | 32 | |
Valid votes | 20,475 | 99.23 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 159 | 0.77 | ||
Total votes | 20,634 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 27,404 | 75.30 | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Party | First count | Second count | Seats | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Maltese Political Union | 1,611 | 57.95 | 1,635 | 63.25 | 4 | |
Labour Party | 598 | 21.51 | 571 | 22.09 | 2 | |
Constitutional Party | 553 | 19.89 | 379 | 14.66 | 1 | |
Independents | 18 | 0.65 | 0 | |||
Appointed members | 10 | |||||
Total | 2,780 | 100.00 | 2,585 | 100.00 | 17 | |
Source: Schiavone |
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