1939 Maltese general election

General elections were held in Malta between 22 and 24 July 1939.^[1] The Constitutional Party emerged as the largest party, winning 6 of the 10 seats.

Electoral system edit

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system, whilst suffrage was limited to men meeting certain property qualifications.^[2] The number of seats was reduced from 32 to 10.^[3]

Results edit


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Party	19,156	54.51	6	–4
	Nationalist Party	11,618	33.06	3	–18
	Labour Party	3,100	8.82	1	0
	Independents	1,265	3.60	0	0
Total		35,139	100.00	10	–22

Valid votes		35,139	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		371	1.04
Total votes		35,510	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,306	75.06
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1309

[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1298

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p1309

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