1962 Maltese general election

1962 Maltese general election

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First party Second party Third party   Leader George Borg Olivier Dom Mintoff Party Nationalist Labour Christian Workers' Leader since 20 December 1950 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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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.

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[]

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