General elections were held in

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between 10 and 12 November 1945.''Times of Malta'', 9 September 1945, p.1 (convocation); and ''ibid.'', 12 November 1945, p.4. The Labour Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won nine of the 10 seats.

Electoral system

The elections were held using the

single transferable vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...

system, whilst suffrage was limited to men meeting certain property qualifications.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1298

Results

References

{{Maltese elections General elections in Malta

1945 in Malta November 1945 events in Europe 1945 elections in the British Empire