1932 Maltese general election
Appearance
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32 seats in the Legislative Assembly 17 seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Malta between 11 and 13 June 1932.[1] The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 21 of the 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly and five of the seven elected seats in the Senate.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]Members of the Legislative Assembly were elected using the single transferable vote system, whilst suffrage was limited to men meeting certain property qualifications.[3]
Results
[edit]Legislative Assembly
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Nationalist Party | 28,777 | 59.57 | 21 | +8 | |
Constitutional Party | 15,023 | 31.10 | 10 | –5 | |
Labour Party | 4,138 | 8.57 | 1 | –2 | |
Independent Labour Party | 238 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 129 | 0.27 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 48,305 | 100.00 | 32 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 48,305 | 99.27 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 353 | 0.73 | |||
Total votes | 48,658 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 52,610 | 92.49 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Senate
[edit]Party | First count | Second count | Seats | +/– | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Nationalist Party | 4,566 | 65.40 | 4,543 | 66.43 | 5 | +1 | |
Constitutional Party | 2,416 | 34.60 | 2,296 | 33.57 | 2 | –1 | |
Appointed members | 10 | 0 | |||||
Total | 6,982 | 100.00 | 6,839 | 100.00 | 17 | 0 | |
Source: Schiavone |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Michael J Schiavone (1987) L-Elezzjonijiet F'Malta 1849–1981, Pubblikazzjoni Bugelli, p193–194
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298