General elections were held in Malta between 26 and 28 March 1966.[1] The Nationalist Party remained the largest party, winning 28 of the 50 seats.
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Electoral system
editThe elections were held using the single transferable vote system.[2]
Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Nationalist Party | 68,656 | 47.89 | 28 | +3 | |
Malta Labour Party | 61,774 | 43.09 | 22 | +6 | |
Christian Workers' Party | 8,671 | 6.05 | 0 | –4 | |
Progressive Constitutionalist Party | 2,009 | 1.40 | 0 | –1 | |
Democratic Nationalist Party | 1,845 | 1.29 | 0 | –4 | |
Independents | 392 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 143,347 | 100.00 | 50 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 143,347 | 98.95 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,526 | 1.05 | |||
Total votes | 144,873 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 161,490 | 89.71 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298