1955 Maltese general election

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.

1955 Maltese general election
26–28 February 1955
  First party Second party
 
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 won 23 17
Seat change 4 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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Electoral system

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

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Malta Labour Party68,44756.7323+4
Nationalist Party48,51440.2117–1
Progressive Constitutionalist Party3,6493.0200
Independents450.040New
Total120,655100.00400
Valid votes120,65599.52
Invalid/blank votes5880.48
Total votes121,243100.00
Registered voters/turnout149,38081.16
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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