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Malta 1966 general election

What was the result of the 1966 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 28 of 50 seats with 47.9% of the vote. 89.7% 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 28 of 50 seats with 47.9% of the vote; 89.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 1962.

  • Nationalist Party 28 +3 seats 47.9% +5.9 points
  • Labour Party 22 +6 seats 43.1% +9.2 points
  • Christian Workers' Party 0 −4 seats 6.0% −3.5 points
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party 0 −1 seat 1.5% −3.4 points
  • Democratic Nationalist Party 0 −4 seats 1.3% −8.0 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 1962 general election, party by party.

26 of 50 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.9%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 28 of 50 seats. A majority needs 26.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1962. Christian Workers' Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 89.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.1 points on 1962.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party28+347.9+5.968,656
Labour Party22+643.1+9.261,774
Christian Workers' Party0−46.0−3.58,594
Progressive Constitutionalist Party0−11.5−3.42,086
Democratic Nationalist Party0−41.3−8.01,845

± is the change against the Malta 1962 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 68,656
  • Labour Party 61,774
  • Christian Workers' Party 8,594
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party 2,086
  • Democratic Nationalist Party 1,845

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?

89.7% of the 161,490 registered voters cast a ballot (144,873 ballots), down 1.1 points on 1962. 143,347 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party47.9% of votes56.0% of seats
  • Labour Party43.1% of votes44.0% of seats
  • Christian Workers' Party6.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 4.8 points of the vote.

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