1962 Maltese general election

General elections were held in Malta between 17 and 19 February 1962.[1] The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 50 seats.

1962 Maltese general election
17–19 February 1962
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Borg Olivier Dom Mintoff Toni Pellegrini
Party Nationalist Labour Christian Workers'
Leader since 16 October 1949 1961
Last election 17 seats, 40.2% 23 seats, 56.7% New
Seats won 25 16 4
Seat change 8 7
Popular vote 63,262 50,974 14,285
Percentage 42.0% 33.8% 9.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Herbert Ganado Mabel Strickland
Party Democratic Nationalist Progressive Constitutionalist
Leader since 1961 1953
Last election New 0 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 4 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 13,968 7,290
Percentage 9.3% 4.8%
Elected Prime Minister

George Borg Olivier
Nationalist

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Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system,[2] whilst the number of seats was increased from 40 to 50.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nationalist Party63,26242.0025+8
Malta Labour Party50,97433.8516–7
Christian Workers' Party14,2859.494New
Democratic Nationalist Party13,9689.274New
Progressive Constitutionalist Party7,2904.841+1
Democratic Christian Party6990.460New
Independents1280.0800
Total150,606100.0050+10
Valid votes150,60699.39
Invalid/blank votes9270.61
Total votes151,533100.00
Registered voters/turnout166,93690.77
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
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1310
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