Maltese general election, 1976

17–18 September 1976

All 65 seats of the Maltese House of Representatives

	First party	Second party

Leader	Dom Mintoff	Giorgio Borġ Olivier
Party	Labour	Nationalist
Last election	28 seats, 50.8%	27 seats, 48.1%
Seats won	34	31
Seat change	6	4
Popular vote	105,845	99,551
Percentage	51.5%	48.5%
Swing	0.3%	0.4%

Prime Minister before election

Dom Mintoff
Labour

Elected Prime Minister

Dom Mintoff
Labour

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General elections were held in Malta on 17 and 18 September 1976.^[1] The Malta Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats.

Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system.^[2] The number of seats was increased from 55 to 65,^[3] whilst the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Malta Labour Party	105,854	51.5	34	+6
Nationalist Party	99,551	48.5	31	+4
Independents	35	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,165	–	–	–
Total	206,605	100	65	+10
Registered voters/turnout	217,724	94.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1310

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