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Malta 1987 general election

What was the result of the 1987 general election in Malta?

Nationalist Party won 35 of 69 seats with 50.9% of the vote. 96.1% 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 35 of 69 seats with 50.9% of the vote; 96.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.5 points on 1981.

  • Nationalist Party 35 +4 seats 50.9% 0.0 points
  • Labour Party 34 0 seats 48.9% −0.2 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 1981 general election, party by party.

35 of 69 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.9%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 35 of 69 seats. A majority needs 35.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1981.

  3. 96.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.5 points on 1981.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party35+450.90.0119,721
Labour Party34048.9−0.2114,936
Largest party without seats00.2380

± is the change against the Malta 1981 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 119,721
  • Labour Party 114,936
  • Largest party without seats 380

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?

96.1% of the 246,292 registered voters cast a ballot (236,719 ballots), up 1.5 points on 1981. 235,168 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 Party50.9% of votes50.7% of seats
  • Labour Party48.9% of votes49.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 2.0 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of