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Malta 1951 general election

What was the result of the 1951 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 15 of 40 seats with 35.5% of the vote. 74.6% 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 15 of 40 seats with 35.5% of the vote; 74.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 1950.

  • Labour Party 14 +3 seats 35.7% +7.1 points
  • Nationalist Party 15 +3 seats 35.5% +5.8 points
  • Malta Workers Party 7 −4 seats 18.8% −4.4 points
  • Constitutional Party 4 0 seats 8.1% −1.9 points
  • Jones Party 0 0 seats 0.8% +0.1 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 1950 general election, party by party.

21 of 40 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.5%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 15 of 40 seats. A majority needs 21.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1950. Malta Workers Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 74.6%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.7 points on 1950.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party14+335.7+7.140,208
Nationalist Party15+335.5+5.839,946
Malta Workers Party7−418.8−4.421,158
Constitutional Party408.1−1.99,150
Jones Party000.8+0.1957

± is the change against the Malta 1950 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 40,208
  • Nationalist Party 39,946
  • Malta Workers Party 21,158
  • Constitutional Party 9,150
  • Jones Party 957

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?

74.6% of the 151,979 registered voters cast a ballot (113,366 ballots), up 0.7 points on 1950. 112,625 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party35.5% of votes37.5% of seats
  • Labour Party35.7% of votes35.0% of seats
  • Malta Workers Party18.8% of votes17.5% of seats
  • Constitutional Party8.1% of votes10.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Labour Party led Nationalist Party by 0.2 points of the vote.

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