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1962 Maltese general election

Field	Value
country	Malta
flag_year	1943
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1955 Maltese general election
previous_year	1955
next_election	1966 Maltese general election
next_year	1966
election_date	17–19 February 1962
image1
leader1	George Borg Olivier
party1	Nationalist Party (Malta)
last_election1	40.21%, 17 seats
seats1	25
seat_change1	8
popular_vote1	63,262
percentage1	42.00%
image2
leader2	Dom Mintoff
party2	Labour Party (Malta)
last_election2	56.73%, 23 seats
seats2	16
seat_change2	7
popular_vote2	50,974
percentage2	33.85%
image3
leader3	Toni Pellegrini
party3	Christian Workers'
colour3	000000
last_election3	New
seats3	4
seat_change3	New
popular_vote3	14,285
percentage3	9.49%
image4
leader4	Herbert Ganado
party4	Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1959–1966)
last_election4	New
seats4	4
seat_change4	New
popular_vote4	13,968
percentage4	9.27%
image5
leader5	Mabel Strickland
party5	PCP
colour5	888888
last_election5	3.02%, 0 seats
seats5	1
seat_change5	1
popular_vote5	7,290
percentage5	4.84%
map_image	1962 Maltese General election result map.svg
title	Prime Minister
before_election
after_election	George Borg Olivier
after_party	Nationalist Party (Malta)
map_size	200px

General elections were held in Malta between 17 and 19 February 1962. The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 50 seats.

The Nationalist Party and four other pro-Catholic Church, self-declared anti-communist parties, formed an electoral pact against the Labour Party. This election is considered to be also the one to give the parties a mandate in favour of (or against) future Independence from the United Kingdom.

Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system, whilst the number of seats was increased from 40 to 50. Due to the nature of the electoral system not providing for electoral alliances, party candidates appeared individually on ballot papers.

Participating parties

Party	Founded	Leader	Ideology/Ideologies	Political position	Pre-election composition	Stance on Maltese Independence	"Umbrella Coalition"
Nationalist Party (Malta)}}"		[[File:Logo_of_the_Nationalist_Party_(Malta).svg	frameless	29x29px]]	Nationalist Party	1926	Giorgio Borg Olivier	Christian Democracy	Centre-right to Right-wing
		Christian Workers' Party	1961	Toni Pellegrini	Anti-communism	rowspan="4"	0-313-23804-9}}
[[File:Democratic_Christian_Party_emblem.svg	frameless	25x25px]]	Democratic Christian Party	George Ransley	title=Dominion, integration, resolutions, a five-party parliament: The rocky road to independence - The Malta Independent	url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-09-21/local-news/Dominion-integration-resolutions-and-a-five-party-parliament-The-rocky-road-to-independence-6736196646	access-date=2023-11-04	website=www.independent.com.mt}}
Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1959–1966)}}"		[[File:(Ganado)_Democratic_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta_Logo.svg	frameless	33x33px]]	Democratic Nationalist Party	1959	Herbert Ganado	Christian Democracy
Political Catholicism
	[[File:No_free_image.svg	frameless	33x33px]]	Progressive Constitutional Party	1953	Mabel Strickland	Monarchism
Dominion Status
Anti-Independence
Labour Party (Malta)}}"		[[File:No_free_image.svg	frameless	33x33px]]	Labour Party	1921	Dominic 'Dom' Mintoff	Democratic Socialism	Centre-left to Left-wing with far-left factions

Results

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1298
Nohlen & Stöver, p1310
Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p. 630 {{ISBN. 0-313-23804-9
"Dominion, integration, resolutions, a five-party parliament: The rocky road to independence - The Malta Independent".
McHale, p632
McHale, p636
Malta Labour Party, ''Malta Labour Party Electoral Program 1971. Malta for the Maltese: in Peace and Progress'', https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/180487/MLPElectionManifesto1971.pdf

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