1971 Maltese general election

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1971 Maltese general election
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  1966 12–14 June 1971 1976  

All 55 seats in the House of Representatives
 First partySecond party
  Dom Mintoff (1974).jpg GBO (cropped).jpg
Leader Dom Mintoff George Borg Olivier
Party Labour Nationalist
Last election43.09%, 22 seats47.89%, 28 seats
Seats won2827
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote85,44880,753
Percentage50.84%48.05%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.75ppIncrease2.svg0.16pp

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Prime Minister before election

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

Elected Prime Minister

Dom Mintoff
Labour

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Malta Labour Party 85,44850.8428+6
Nationalist Party 80,75348.0527–1
Progressive Constitutionalist Party 1,7561.0400
Independents1020.0600
Total168,059100.0055+5
Valid votes168,05999.49
Invalid/blank votes8540.51
Total votes168,913100.00
Registered voters/turnout181,76892.93
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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