Malta 1950 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Nationalist Party won 12 of 40 seats with 29.6% of the vote; 73.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.5 points on 1947.
- Malta
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Party | 12 | +5 | 29.6 | +11.6 | 31,431 |
| Labour Party | 11 | −13 | 28.6 | −31.3 | 30,332 |
| Malta Workers Party | 11 | 23.2 | 24,616 | ||
| Constitutional Party | 4 | 10.0 | 10,584 | ||
| Democratic Action Party | 1 | −3 | 6.0 | −7.3 | 6,361 |
| Independents | 1 | +1 | 1.8 | +1.7 | 1,953 |
| Jones Party | 0 | −2 | 0.8 | −2.7 | 852 |
± is the change against the Malta 1947 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Nationalist Party 31,431
- Labour Party 30,332
- Malta Workers Party 24,616
- Constitutional Party 10,584
- Democratic Action Party 6,361
- Independents 1,953
- Jones Party 852
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 we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
73.9% of the 144,516 registered voters cast a ballot (106,820 ballots), down 1.5 points on 1947. 106,129 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Nationalist Party29.6% of votes30.0% of seats
- Labour Party28.6% of votes27.5% of seats
- Malta Workers Party23.2% of votes27.5% of seats
- Constitutional Party10.0% of votes10.0% of seats
- Democratic Action Party6.0% of votes2.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 1.0 point of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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