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Malta 1950 general election

What was the result of the 1950 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 12 of 40 seats with 29.6% of the vote. 73.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Malta
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Nationalist Party won 12 of 40 seats with 29.6% of the vote; 73.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.5 points on 1947.

  • Nationalist Party 12 +5 seats 29.6% +11.6 points
  • Labour Party 11 −13 seats 28.6% −31.3 points
  • Malta Workers Party 11 23.2%
  • Constitutional Party 4 10.0%
  • Democratic Action Party 1 −3 seats 6.0% −7.3 points
  • Jones Party 0 −2 seats 0.8% −2.7 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Malta 1947 general election, party by party.

21 of 40 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.6%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 12 of 40 seats. A majority needs 21.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1947. Labour Party lost 13 seats.

  3. 73.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.5 points on 1947.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party12+529.6+11.631,431
Labour Party11−1328.6−31.330,332
Malta Workers Party1123.224,616
Constitutional Party410.010,584
Democratic Action Party1−36.0−7.36,361
Independents1+11.8+1.71,953
Jones Party0−20.8−2.7852

± is the change against the Malta 1947 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 31,431
  • Labour Party 30,332
  • Malta Workers Party 24,616
  • Constitutional Party 10,584
  • Democratic Action Party 6,361
  • Independents 1,953
  • Jones Party 852

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

73.9% of the 144,516 registered voters cast a ballot (106,820 ballots), down 1.5 points on 1947. 106,129 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party29.6% of votes30.0% of seats
  • Labour Party28.6% of votes27.5% of seats
  • Malta Workers Party23.2% of votes27.5% of seats
  • Constitutional Party10.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Democratic Action Party6.0% of votes2.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 1.0 point of the vote.

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