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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 ...
on 17 and 18 September 1976.
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302
The
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remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats.


Electoral system

The elections 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 The number of seats was increased from 55 to 65,Nohlen & Stöver, p1310 whilst the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.


Results


Elected Candidates


District 1

MLP *Borg, John J. - casual election *Brincat, Joseph *Mintoff, Dom - vacated PN *Bonnici, Emmanuel *Borg Olivier, Giorgio - vacated *Farrugia, Herman - casual election ----


District 2

MLP *Brincat, Joseph - vacated *Mintoff, Dom *Piscopo, Daniel *Saliba, Joseph - casual election *Sant, Lorry PN *Mifsud Bonnici, Ugo ----


District 3

MLP *Abela, Wistin *Attard Bezina, Emmanuel *Barbara, Agatha PN *Cachia Zammit, Alexander *Muscat, Joseph (Josie) ----


District 4

MLP *Dalli, John *Grima, Joseph - casual election *Moran, Vincent *Sant, Lorry PN *Borg Olivier De Puget, Albert *Farrugia, Jimmy ----


District 5

MLP *Calleja, Reno (Żaren) *Casar, Joseph *Vella, Karmenu PN *Caruana, Carmelo *Galea, Louis ----


District 6

MLP *Abela, Ġuze (Joseph) *Brincat, Carmelo *Muscat, Philip PN *Camilleri, Gius, Maria *Hyzler, George ----


District 7

MLP *Buttigieg, Anton *Buttigieg, John *Camilleri, Benny - casual election *Cremona, Danny - vacated PN *De Marco, Guido *Mifsud Bonnici, Antoine ----


District 8

MLP * Bonaci, Evelyn *Debono Grech, Joe PN *Fenech Adami, Eddie *Fenech, Joe * Gauci Borda, Lino (Carmel) ----


District 9

MLP *Holland, Patrick *Naudi, Robert PN *Bonello Du Puis, George - casual election *Farrugia, Jimmy *Felice, Mario - vacated *Rizzo Naudi, John *Tabone, Censu ----


District 10

MLP *Baldacchino, Joseph M. *Holland, Patrick - vacated *Privitera, Salvu - casual election PN *Falzon, Michael - casual election *Felice, Mario *Refalo, Michael *Tabone, Censu - vacated ----


District 11

MLP *Micallef, Alfred (Freddie) - vacated *Micallef, Daniel *Xuereb, Paul - casual election PN *Abela, Sammy (Salvatore) *Borg Olivier, Giorgio *Muscat, John ----


District 12

MLP *Chetcuti Caruana, Paul *Micallef, Alfred (Freddie) PN *Borg Olivier, Paulu - casual election *Fenech Adami, Eddie - vacated *Gatt, Lawrence *Spiteri, Carm. Lino ----


District 13

MLP *Buttigieg, Carmelo *Camilleri, Angelo PN *Attard, Coronato *Cauchi Amabile *Tabone, Anton


References

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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 ...
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 ...