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Malta 1962 general election

What was the result of the 1962 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 25 of 50 seats with 42.0% of the vote. 90.8% 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 25 of 50 seats with 42.0% of the vote; 90.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 9.6 points on 1955.

  • Nationalist Party 25 +8 seats 42.0% +1.8 points
  • Labour Party 16 −7 seats 33.9% −22.9 points
  • Christian Workers' Party 4 9.5%
  • Democratic Nationalist Party 4 9.3%
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party 1 +1 seat 4.8% +1.8 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 1955 general election, party by party.

26 of 50 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.0%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 25 of 50 seats. A majority needs 26.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1955. Labour Party lost 7 seats.

  3. 90.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 9.6 points on 1955.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party25+842.0+1.863,262
Labour Party16−733.9−22.950,974
Christian Workers' Party49.514,285
Democratic Nationalist Party49.313,968
Progressive Constitutionalist Party1+14.8+1.87,290
Largest party without seats00.5699

± is the change against the Malta 1955 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 63,262
  • Labour Party 50,974
  • Christian Workers' Party 14,285
  • Democratic Nationalist Party 13,968
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party 7,290
  • Largest party without seats 699

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?

90.8% of the 166,936 registered voters cast a ballot (151,533 ballots), up 9.6 points on 1955. 150,606 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1947.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party42.0% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Labour Party33.9% of votes32.0% of seats
  • Christian Workers' Party9.5% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Democratic Nationalist Party9.3% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party4.8% of votes2.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 8.2 points of the vote.

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