Malta 1966 general election
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.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Party | 28 | +3 | 47.9 | +5.9 | 68,656 |
| Labour Party | 22 | +6 | 43.1 | +9.2 | 61,774 |
| Christian Workers' Party | 0 | −4 | 6.0 | −3.5 | 8,594 |
| Progressive Constitutionalist Party | 0 | −1 | 1.5 | −3.4 | 2,086 |
| Democratic Nationalist Party | 0 | −4 | 1.3 | −8.0 | 1,845 |
± 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 we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
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 turnout is counted.
Votes and 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
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. 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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