Maltese general election, 1955

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Maltese general election, 1955

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Leader Dom Mintoff George Borg Olivier
Party Labour Nationalist
Leader since 16 October 1949 1950
Last election 19 seats, 44.6% 18 seats, 38.1%
Seats won23 17
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote 68,447 48,514
Percentage 56.7% 40.2%
Prime Minister before election

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

Elected Prime Minister

Dom Mintoff
Labour

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General elections were held in Malta between 26 and 28 February 1955. [1] The Malta Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 23 of the 40 seats.

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.

Labour Party (Malta) political party in Malta

The Labour Party, formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (MLP), is a social-democratic political party in Malta. Along with the Nationalist Party (PN), the Labour Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in Malta. Since the March 2013 general election, the party has been the governing party in the Maltese House of Representatives. The Labour Party is a member of the Party of European Socialists, and was a member of the Socialist International until December 2014.

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Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system. [2]

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 68,44756.723+4
Nationalist Party 48,51440.217–1
Progressive Constitutionalist Party 3,6493.000
Independents450.00New
Invalid/blank votes588–––
Total121,243100400
Registered voters/turnout149,38081.2––
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. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
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