Communist Party of Malta is a communist party in Malta. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party of a group of left-wing militants that had been active in the struggle for national independence. Anthony Vassallo was the founding general secretary of the party. The party first contested the national general elections of 1987 when it obtained 0.1% of first preference votes and no parliamentary seats. Since then it has not stood for any other election whether at a European, national or local level.
General elections were held in Malta on 18 and 19 October 1921. 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. Joseph Howard became Prime Minister.
General elections were held in Malta between 11 and 13 June 1932. The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 21 of the 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly and five of the seven elected seats in the Senate.
General elections were held in Malta between 16 and 20 August 1849, the first in the country's history.
General elections were held in Malta between 3 and 11 November 1854.
General elections were held in Malta between 1 and 4 December 1875.
General elections were held in Malta between 13 and 16 October 1880. The majority of elected Councillors were members of the Anti-Reform Party.
General elections were held in Malta between 8 and 11 October 1883. All but one of the elected Council members were members of the Anti-Reform Party.
General elections were held in Malta between 1 and 3 March 1888.
General elections were held in Malta on 7 March 1899. All seats had only a single candidate.
General elections were held in Malta on 16 and 17 September 1900, the third in three years. Only one of the thirteen elected seats was contested.
Early general elections were held in Malta on 24 February 1904, after all the candidates elected in January resigned immediately after the elections in protest against the 1903 "Chamberlain" Constitution. All eight candidates were again unopposed and all resigned immediately after the elections, forcing further elections in April.
General elections were held in Malta on 20 May 1907. All candidates were elected unopposed.
General elections were held in Malta on 11 and 12 October 1909. For the first time since 1895, all seats were contested.
General elections were held in Malta on 13 and 14 October 1911. Candidates ran in only three of the eight seats, with five remaining empty.
General elections were held in Malta on 15 December 1913. All eight elected seats were uncontested as the members elected in 1912 were all returned unopposed.
General elections were held in Malta on 20 and 21 October 1917. Two of the eight elected seats were left uncontested.
The Senate was the upper house of the Parliament of Malta between 1921 and 1933.
Michael Refalo was a Maltese politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Nationalist Party and sat in the House of Representatives between 1971 and 2003 and served terms first as parliamentary secretary and later as minister for tourism. Refalo was High Commissioner of Malta to the United Kingdom between 2005 and October 2008. He was also the editor of the Il-Mument newspaper from 1972 to 1980.
The Maltese Democratic Party was a short-lived Maltese political party formed by Lino Briguglio to contest the 1987 general elections. The party ran four candidates across eight of the thirteen electoral districts. The party ran with the slogan "The Citizens first!", this slogan would later be adopted ten years after by the Labour Party.
