1953 Maltese general election

none 1953 Maltese general election Malta 1943 parliamentary no 1951 Maltese general election 1951 1955 Maltese general election 1955 All 40 seats in the Parliament of Malta 12–14 December 1953 Dom Mintoff (1974).jpg 100px Dom Mintoff 16 October 1949 Labour Party (Malta) 14 seats, 35.7% 19 5 52,771 44.6% Giorgio Borg Olivier (cropped).jpg 100px George Borg Olivier 1950 Nationalist Party (Malta) 15 seats, 35.5% 18 3 45,180 38.1% Pawlu Boffa (cropped2).JPG 100px Paul Boffa 1949 Malta Workers Party 7 seats, 18.8% 3 4 14,000 11.8% Malta general election 1953.png Prime Minister George Borg Olivier Nationalist Party (Malta) George Borg Olivier Nationalist Party (Malta) 21 General elections were held in Malta between 12 and 14 December 1953.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p13475 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, and were held using the single transferable vote system.Nohlen & Stöver, p1298 Results File:Maltese_Parliament_1953.svg Malta Labour Party 52771 19 +5 Nationalist Party 45180 18 +3 Malta Workers Party 14000 3 –4 Progressive Constitutionalist Party 5128 0 New Constitutional Party 1374 0 –4 880 0 148478 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:General elections in Malta Category:1953 in Malta Malta Category:December 1953 in Europe Category:1953 elections in the British Empire