1921 Maltese general election

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18–19 October 1921

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32 seats in the Legislative Assembly
17 seats in the Senate

Party	Leader	%	Seats
Legislative Assembly (17 seats for a majority)
Maltese Political Union	Joseph Howard	39.07	14
Constitutional Party	Gerald Strickland	25.31	7
Labour	William Savona	23.16	7
Democratic Nationalist	Enrico Mizzi	12.04	4
Senate (9 seats for a majority)
Maltese Political Union		63.25	4
Labour		22.09	2
Constitutional Party		14.66	1
Appointed members			10

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

	Prime Minister after
	Joseph Howard Political Union

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General elections were held in Malta on 18 and 19 October 1921.^[1] The Maltese Political Union emerged as the largest party, winning 14 of the 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly and four of the seven elected seats in the Senate.^[2] Joseph Howard became Prime Minister.

Electoral system

Members of the Legislative Assembly were elected using the single transferable vote system, with four members elected in each of the eight districts.^[3] Suffrage was limited to men.^[4]

Results

Legislative Assembly


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Maltese Political Union	7,999	39.07	14
	Constitutional Party	5,183	25.31	7
	Labour Party	4,742	23.16	7
	Democratic Nationalist Party	2,465	12.04	4
	Independents	86	0.42	0
Total		20,475	100.00	32

Valid votes		20,475	99.23
Invalid/blank votes		159	0.77
Total votes		20,634	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,404	75.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate


Party		First count		Second count		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	Maltese Political Union	1,611	57.95	1,635	63.25	4
	Labour Party	598	21.51	571	22.09	2
	Constitutional Party	553	19.89	379	14.66	1
	Independents	18	0.65			0
Appointed members						10
Total		2,780	100.00	2,585	100.00	17

Source: Schiavone

References

^ 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, pp183–184
^ The Parties' Parliamentary Seats, 1921 - 2013, By District
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1298

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