1962 Maltese general election

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First party Second party Third party   Leader George Borg Olivier Dom Mintoff Toni Pellegrini Party Nationalist Labour Christian Workers' Last election 40.21%, 17 seats 56.73%, 23 seats New Seats won 25 16 4 Seat change 8 7 New Popular vote 63,262 50,974 14,285 Percentage 42.00% 33.85% 9.49%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Herbert Ganado Mabel Strickland Party PDN PCP Last election New 3.02%, 0 seats Seats won 4 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 13,968 7,290 Percentage 9.27% 4.84%

Elected Prime Minister George Borg Olivier Nationalist

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General elections were held in Malta between 17 and 19 February 1962.^[1] The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 50 seats.

Electoral system

The elections were held using the single transferable vote system,^[2] whilst the number of seats was increased from 40 to 50.^[3]

Results