Malta 1976 general election
What was the result of the 1976 general election in Malta?
Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats with 51.5% of the vote. 94.9% 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 : Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats with 51.5% of the vote; 94.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.0 points on 1971.
- Labour Party 34 +6 seats 51.5% +0.7 points
- Nationalist Party 31 +4 seats 48.5% +0.4 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 1971 general election, party by party.
Key numbers
51.5%
Share of the vote won by Labour Party
Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats. A majority needs 33.
+6 seats
Seats gained by Labour Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 1971.
94.9%
Voter turnout
Up 2.0 points on 1971.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 34 | +6 | 51.5 | +0.7 | 105,854 |
| Nationalist Party | 31 | +4 | 48.5 | +0.4 | 99,551 |
| Independents | 0 | 0.0 | 35 |
± is the change against the Malta 1971 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 105,854
- Nationalist Party 99,551
- Independents 35
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?
94.9% of the 217,724 registered voters cast a ballot (206,605 ballots), up 2.0 points on 1971. 205,440 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?
- Labour Party51.5% of votes52.3% of seats
- Nationalist Party48.5% of votes47.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Labour Party led Nationalist Party by 3.1 points of the vote.
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