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1953 Maltese general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1953 Maltese general election
country	Malta
flag_year	1943
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1951 Maltese general election
previous_year	1951
next_election	1955 Maltese general election
next_year	1955
seats_for_election	All 40 seats in the Parliament of Malta
election_date	12–14 December 1953
<!-- PL -->	image1	Dom Mintoff (1974).jpg
image1_size	100px
leader1	Dom Mintoff
leader_since1	16 October 1949
party1	Labour Party (Malta)
last_election1	14 seats, 35.7%
seats1	19
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	52,771
percentage1	44.6%
swing1
image2	GBO_(cropped).jpg
image2_size	110px
leader2	George Borg Olivier
leader_since2	1950
party2	Nationalist Party (Malta)
last_election2	15 seats, 35.5%
seats2	18
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	45,180
percentage2	38.1%
swing2
image3	No image.svg
image3_size	100px
leader3	Paul Boffa
leader_since3	1949
party3	Malta Workers Party
last_election3	7 seats, 18.8%
seats3	3
seat_change3	4
popular_vote3	14,000
percentage3	11.8%
map_image	Malta general election 1953.png
title	Prime Minister
before_election	George Borg Olivier
before_party	Nationalist Party (Malta)
after_election	George Borg Olivier
after_party	Nationalist Party (Malta)
majority_seats	21

General elections were held in Malta between 12 and 14 December 1953. The Malta Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 19 of the 40 seats. However, the Nationalist Party formed a government with the Malta Workers Party on 9 January 1954 with Giorgio Borġ Olivier continuing as Prime Minister.

Background

The Nationalist Party-Workers Party government led by Giorgio Borġ Olivier had been defeated in the Legislative Assembly vote on a budget motion on 9 October 1953. This led to the three Workers Party ministers resigning from the cabinet on 12 October. Following discussions with party leaders, the Assembly was dissolved by Governor Gerald Creasy on 15 October. Elections were called, and the Nationalist Party ministers remained in office as a caretaker government.

The election was contested by five parties; the Nationalist Party, the Workers Party, the Malta Labour Party, the Constitutional Party and the Progressive Constitutionalist Party,

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p13475
and were held using the [[single transferable vote]] system.Nohlen & Stöver, p1298

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