Maltese general election, 1953

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Maltese general election, 1953

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  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Dom Mintoff George Borg Olivier Paul Boffa
Party Labour Nationalist Workers
Leader since 16 October 1949 1950 1949
Last election 14 seats, 35.7% 15 seats, 35.5% 7 seats, 18.8%
Seats won 19 18 3
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote 52,771 45,180 14,000
Percentage 44.6% 38.1% 11.8%
Prime Minister before election

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

Elected Prime Minister

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

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General elections were held in Malta between 12 and 14 December 1953. [1] The Malta Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 19 of the 40 seats. However, the Nationalist Party formed a government with the Malta Workers Party on 9 January 1954 with Giorgio Borġ Olivier continuing as Prime Minister. [2]

Malta island republic in Europe

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Labour Party (Malta) political party in Malta

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Nationalist Party (Malta) political party in Malta

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Background

The Nationalist Party-Workers Party government led by Giorgio Borġ Olivier had been defeated in the Legislative Assembly vote on a budget motion on 9 October 1953. [2] This led to the three Workers Party ministers resigning from the cabinet on 12 October. [2] Following discussions with party leaders, the Assembly was dissolved by Governor Gerald Creasy on 15 October. [2] Elections were called, and the Nationalist Party ministers remained in office as a caretaker government. [2]

The Malta Workers Party was a political party in Malta.

The election was contested by five parties; the Nationalist Party, the Workers Party, the Malta Labour Party, the Constitutional Party and the Progressive Constitutionalist Party, [2] and were held using the single transferable vote system. [3]

The Constitutional Party was a pro-British political party in Malta. It had representatives in the Maltese Legislative Assembly and Council of Government between 1921 and 1945, and again between 1950 and 1953, forming a government between 1927 and 1930 with the support of the Labour Party. A splinter group, the Progressive Constitutionalist Party was represented in Parliament between 1962 and 1966. The party was very much centred on the figure of its long-time leader Lord Strickland, with party supporters colloquially known in Maltese as "Stricklandjani".

Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Malta)

The Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) was a political party in Malta between 1953 and 1971.

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Malta Labour Party 52,77144.619+5
Nationalist Party 45,18038.118+3
Malta Workers Party 14,00011.83–4
Progressive Constitutionalist Party 5,1284.30New
Constitutional Party 1,3741.20–4
Invalid/blank votes880–––
Total119,333100400
Registered voters/turnout148,47880.4––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p13475
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
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