General elections were held in
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
between 12 and 14 December 1953.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 The
Malta Labour Party
The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is the oldest List of political parties in Malta, political party in Malta, and one of the two major parties alongside the Nationalist Party (Malta), Nationalist Party. ...
emerged as the largest party, winning 19 of the 40 seats. However, the
Nationalist Party formed a government with the
Malta Workers Party on 9 January 1954 with
Giorgio Borġ Olivier continuing as Prime Minister.
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Background
The Nationalist Party- Workers Party government led by Giorgio Borġ Olivier had been defeated in the Legislative Assembly vote on a budget motion on 9 October 1953.[Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p13475] This led to the three Workers Party ministers resigning from the cabinet on 12 October.[ Following discussions with party leaders, the Assembly was dissolved by Governor Gerald Creasy on 15 October.][ Elections were called, and the Nationalist Party ministers remained in office as a caretaker government.][
The election was contested by five parties; the Nationalist Party, the Workers Party, the ]Malta Labour Party
The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is the oldest List of political parties in Malta, political party in Malta, and one of the two major parties alongside the Nationalist Party (Malta), Nationalist Party. ...
, the Constitutional Party and the Progressive Constitutionalist Party,[ and were held using the ]single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...
system.[Nohlen & Stöver, p1298]
Results
References
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General elections in Malta
1953 in Malta
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
December 1953 in Europe
1953 elections in the British Empire