Democratic Christian Party (Malta)

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Democratic Christian Party
Partit Demokratiku Nisrani
AbbreviationPDN
PDNis [a]
Leader George Ransley
Founded1961
Ideology Anti-Independence [2]
Political position Right-wing
Religion Roman Catholicism

The Democratic Christian Party (Maltese : Partit Demokratiku Nisrani) was a minor political party in Malta formed by Chevallier George Ransley to contest the 1962 general election. [3] The party ran twelve candidates in four of the ten electoral districts. [1] None were elected, with the party only received 699 votes. It dissolved following the election. [3]

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Election results

ElectionLeaderSeats
contested
Votes%SeatsRankStatus
1962 [4] George Ransley
12 / 50
6990.46
0 / 50
7thExtra-parliamentary

Notes

  1. Used to differentiate from Herbert Ganado's PDN [1]

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