User:Matt0513/1962 Maltese general election
Participating parties
[edit]| Party | Founded | Leader | Ideology/Ideologies | Political position | Pre-election composition | Stance on Maltese Independence? | |||
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Nationalist Party | 1926[b] | Giorgio Borg Olivier | Christian Democracy | Centre-right to Right-wing | 17 / 40
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| Christian Workers' Party | 1961 | Toni Pellegrini | Anti-communism Political Catholicism |
— | Gradual[1]
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Democratic Christian Party | George Ransley | Anti-independence[2] |  [2]
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Democratic Nationalist Party | 1959 | Herbert Ganado | Christian Democracy Political Catholicism |
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Progressive Constitutional Party | 1953 | Mabel Strickland | Monarchism[4] Dominion Status Anti-Independence |
[5]
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Labour Party | 1921 | Dominic 'Dom' Mintoff | Democratic Socialism Secularism Factions: Marxism |
Centre-left to Left-wing with far-left factions[6] | 23 / 40
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- ^ Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p. 630 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
- ^ a b "Dominion, integration, resolutions, a five-party parliament: The rocky road to independence - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ McHale, p632
- ^ McHale, p636
- ^ 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