Maltese general election, 1898

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General elections were held in Malta on 28 and 29 September 1898. [1]

Malta island republic in Europe

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of 316 km2 (122 sq mi), Malta is the world's tenth smallest and fifth most densely populated country. Its capital is Valletta, which is the smallest national capital in the European Union by area at 0.8 km.2 The official languages are Maltese and English, with Maltese officially recognised as the national language and the only Semitic language in the European Union.

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Background

The elections were held under the Knutsford Constitution. [1] Ten members were elected from single-member constituencies, [2] whilst a further four members were elected to represent nobility and landowners, graduates, clerics and the Chamber of Commerce. [3]

DistrictTowns
I Valletta East
II Valletta West, Sliema, St. Julian's
III Floriana, Pietà, Ħamrun, Msida
IV Cospicua, Żabbar
V Birgu, Senglea
VI Mdina
VII Birkirkara
VIII Qormi
IX Żejtun
X Gozo
Source: Schiavone, p13

Results

A total of 9,863 people were registered to vote, of which 3,128 cast votes, giving a turnout of 32%. [1] Paolo Sammut was elected to both the nobility and landowners' seat and the seat of constituency II, whilst no candidates stood for the seats for clerics and the Chamber of Commerce. Sammut chose to retain the seat for constituency II, and by-elections were held for the three vacant seats on 2 October. [4]

General elected members
ConstituencyNameVotesNotes
IC Bugeli237
IIPaolo Sammut416Re-elected (previously in constituency X)
IIIAntonio Dalli239
IVF Cardona437
VJoseph Bencini–Unopposed
VINutar Petro Bartoli281
VIIFransesco Wettinger169Re-elected
VIIICesare Darmanin110Re-elected
IXSalvatore Cachia Zammit–Unopposed
X Fortunato Mizzi 346
Special elected members
SeatNameVotesNotes
Nobility and LandownersPaolo Sammut291Alfonso Maria Micallef elected in by-election
GraduatesAndrè Pullicino275
Clergy––Borg Olivier elected in by-election
Chamber of Commerce––Beniamino Bonnici elected in by-election
Source: Schiavone, p179–180

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Michael J Schiavone (1987) L-Elezzjonijiet F'Malta 1849–1981, Pubblikazzjoni Bugelli, p13
  2. ↑ Schiavone, p178
  3. ↑ Schiavone, pp177–178
  4. ↑ Schiavone, p180
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