June 2001

Who Needs Transfer Votes?

by John C. Lane

The transferring of votes on successive counts of the ballots is an essential and conspicuous aspect of STV. The repeated counting of ballots -- carried out for long hours by a small army of officials and observed by anxious candidates and their supporters -- is a mix of tedium and excitement and often a source of perplexity for the voters. How necessary is this counting process? What difference would it make if only the first-count votes were used to determine the winners of an election?

In a recent article in the British journal Representation (Winter 2000 issue, pp. 187-193) entitled "Does the Transfer of Votes Really Matter?" Professor Neal Jesse addressed two questions: First, "how often is a transfer of votes needed for a candidate to secure a seat" and, second, "how often does the transfer of votes produce a winning candidate who was not a leading candidate before the transfer?" Jesse examined election results both under STV in Ireland and under the Alternative Vote system in Australia for an answer to his two questions. This note will undertake a parallel examination for Malta where STV has been in use since 1921.


(I) How often are vote transfers needed to determine a winner?

In Ireland, Jesse found, there were 451 instances (out of 1,856) where a candidate had a sufficient number of votes on the first count to be declared elected. But in 1,405 (or 75.7%) of the cases a candidate only won his or her seat after vote transfers had occurred.

This ratio is quite similar for Malta in its 18 parliamentary elections from 1921 to 1998, as Table 1 demonstrates: Of the 873 seats at stake, 704 (80.6%) required vote transfers for the winners to be determined; the remaining 169 (19.4%) of the candidates had more than the required quota on the first count.

Table 1: Vote Transfers (Not) Required

+------+-------+---------------+-------------+    
|      | Seats | No Transfer   | Transfer    |    
| Year |  at   | Votes Needed  | Votes Needed|    
|      | Stake +------+--------+------+------|    
|      |       | N    |   %    |  N   |  %   |    
+------+-------+---------------+-------------+    
| 1921 |   32  |  11    34.4   |  21    65.6 |-(a)
| 1924 |   32  |   8    25.0   |  24    75.0 |-(a)
| 1927 |   32  |  10    31.3   |  22    68.8 |-(a)
| 1932 |   32  |   6    18.8   |  26    81.3 |-(a)
| 1947 |   40  |  10    25.0   |  30    75.0 |    
| 1950 |   40  |   4    10.0   |  36    90.0 |    
| 1951 |   40  |   5    12.5   |  35    87.5 |    
| 1953 |   40  |   3     7.5   |  37    92.5 |    
| 1955 |   40  |   4    10.0   |  36    90.0 |    
| 1962 |   50  |   6    12.0   |  44    88.0 |    
| 1966 |   50  |   7    14.0   |  43    86.0 |    
| 1971 |   55  |   9    16.4   |  46    83.6 |-(b)
| 1976 |   65  |  11    16.9   |  54    83.1 |    
| 1981 |   65  |  15    23.1   |  50    76.9 |    
| 1987 |   65  |  20    30.8   |  45    69.2 |    
| 1992 |   65  |  14    21.5   |  51    78.5 |    
| 1996 |   65  |  12    18.5   |  53    81.5 |    
| 1998 |   65  |  14    21.5   |  51    78.5 |    
+------+-------+---------------+-------------+    
| All  |  873  | 169    19.4   | 704    80.6 |    
+------+-------+---------------+-------------+    
(a) Four-seat constituencies (b) Six-seat constituencies in five of the ten districts All other, five-seat constituencies

Jesse also controlled for constituency size, finding that in Irish constituencies with three seats, 28% of the winners did not require vote transfers; in 4-member districts the percentage fell to 21%; and in 5-member districts it was at 22%. In Malta, the relationship with constituency size is similarly inconclusive: In 4-member districts, 27.3% of the seats were filled without a need for transferred votes; the percentage fell to 17.8% for 5-member districts and rose to 23.3% in the handful of 6-member districts.

There are two aspects other than constituencies size that appear to be related to the prevalence of first-count winners. First, as Table 1 shows, fewer candidates (in absolute numbers and percentage terms) managed to obtain the quota on the first round when there was multi-party competition, from 1950 to 1966, than in elections from 1976 to 1996 when two-party competition prevailed. The relationship, however, is not consistent.

Second is the prominent presence of incumbents who sought re-election, as the figures in Table 2 reveal. Theirs has been a very substantial share of the seats won and it is these incumbents who account for nearly every seat that was won without resort to vote transfers.

Table 2: Incumbents as Candidates and Winners

+-------+------------------------------------+
|       | Incumbents' Percentage Share of:   |
|       |------------+--------+--------------+
|       |   All      |  All   |  Seats Won   |
| Year  | Candidacies| Seats  |   Without    |
|       |            |  Won   |Transfer Votes|
+-------+------------+--------+--------------+
| 1924  |  30.93     | 65.63  |   100.00     |
| 1927  |  41.98     | 59.38  |    90.00     |
| 1932  |  44.44     | 71.88  |    83.33     |
| 1947  |  10.48     | 25.00  |    70.00     |
| 1950  |  28.34     | 60.00  |   100.00     |
| 1951  |  34.62     | 70.00  |   100.00     |
| 1953  |  30.23     | 70.00  |   100.00     |
| 1955  |  33.10     | 80.00  |   100.00     |
| 1962  |  15.23     | 46.00  |   100.00     |
| 1966  |  25.00     | 64.00  |   100.00     |
| 1971  |  30.65     | 81.82  |   100.00     |
| 1976  |  35.84     | 73.85  |    90.91     |
| 1981  |  38.96     | 86.15  |    93.33     |
| 1987  |  37.19     | 75.38  |    90.00     |
| 1992  |  42.28     | 80.00  |    85.71     |
| 1996  |  35.89     | 80.00  |   100.00     |
| 1998  |  36.52     | 89.23  |   100.00     |
+-------+------------+--------+--------------+
| All   |  31.96     | 71.34  |    93.04     |
+-------+------------+--------+--------------+


(II) Do Transfer Votes Make a Difference in Who Wins?

Leaving behind the matter of candidates who already meet or exceed the quota on the first count, there is the question of what difference the vote transfers made to the fortunes of candidates. Were the candidates' standings on the first vote count substantially affected by the subsequent vote transfers?

Following Professor Jesse's approach, we can identify in each district the number of "leading candidates," that is, the four or five or six (matching the number of seats in the district) candidates who received the highest number of votes on the first count.

Table 3: "Leading Candidates" Ultimately (Not) Gaining a Seat
                                            +--------------------+
                                            |   Adjusted: After  |
                                            |   Casual Elections |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+--------------------+
| District | Total|Leaders|Leaders|Leaders  | Leaders |  Leaders |
|   Size   | Seats|Winning|Losing |Losing   |   Not   |Not Seated|
|          |      |       |       | (in %)  | Seated  | (in %)   |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+---------+----------+
| 4 Seats  | 128  | 112   |  16   |  12.50  |   14    |  10.94   |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+---------+----------+
| 5 Seats  | 715  | 609   | 106   |  14.83  |   88    |  12.31   |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+---------+----------+
| 6 Seats  |  30  |  24   |   6   |  20.00  |    6    |  20.00   |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+---------+----------+
| All      | 873  | 745   | 128   |  14.66  |  108    |  12.37   |
+----------+------+-------+-------+---------+---------+----------+
Note: The two right-hand columns take into account the results after
the "casual elections" which must be conducted when a candidate resigns
one of two seats he had won in the general election.

Table 3 shows that of a total of 873 leadings candidates only 128 (14.66%) eventually failed to win a seat after the transfer of votes was completed. As district size increases, so does the rate of failure: In 6-seat district leading candidates were almost twice as likely to be denied a seat than in 4-seat districts (although the small number of cases of constituencies with other than 5 seats should caution against drawing a firm conclusion.) Most elections in Malta have been conducted in 5-seat districts and in these, about fifteen percent of the candidates with the highest first-count votes were denied a seat in the legislature.

When casual elections are taken into account, we find that an even greater majority of all contests are effectively decided on the first count: Of 873 leading candidates, 765 eventually gained seats in Parliament and whereas only 108 (12.37%) failed to do so.

Leaving aside the personal disappointment of candidates who started with high vote totals only to see themselves overtaken by others as the counts proceeded, the question arises of how consequential this was from the perspective of the political parties.

It turns out that in approximately one-third of the cases (46 of the 128), the initial leaders were overtaken at the finish line by another candidate of the same political party. The change of individual political fortunes consequently did not, in these cases, affect the numerical strength of the parties in parliament. However, in the remaining 82 instances a leading candidate of one party was replaced in the winning column by a candidate of another party who had obtained fewer first-preference votes. (See Table 4, which appears as an appendix to this note, for the years and districts where this occurred.)


Hypothetical Results

The results described above prompt the question of what would have happened if there had been no requirement to proceed with additional counts and instead the leading candidates on the first count were declared winners of the available seats.

This is, of course, a purely speculative exercise. If the rules had actually provided that the leading candidates on the first count be declared elected then parties and voters might well have altered their behavior. Political parties might have fielded a different number of candidates; the candidates might have pursued a different campaign strategy; and the voters might have been inclined to cast their vote differently. But let us assume here that only the rules, not political behavior, had changed.

When we examine these hypothetical results (detailed in Table 4) we see that 82 seats are indeed occupied by members of a different party. However, the changed sizes of parliamentary parties would have had no effect on the majority or minority status of the parties in any except two instances. Two examples of merely incremental effects: The Constitutionalist Party's hypothetical gain of three additional seats in the 1927 election would only have enhanced, but would not have created, its majority status; similarly, the PN majority in 1992 would have increased from three seats to nine.

In only a single instance, the election of 1976, would the balance of parliamentary strength have been reversed, with the MLP majority of three seats becoming a PN majority of one. A second, less extreme, case is the election of 1953 where the governing coalition (PN and MWP with a combined seat total of 21) would have obtained only 20 seats, the same as the MLP opposition.

Thus, if the leading candidates on the first count had been declared the winners without any subsequent vote transfers, the consequences for the parties' majority or minority status in Parliament and the forming of governments would almost always (in 16 of 18 elections) have been nil.

None of this, of course, constitutes a case for abandoning the wearisome vote transfer process required by STV. But the exercise suggests that STV vote transfers create results which, to a remarkable degree, a simpler process could also have achieved.


Those interested in the specific instances of unsuccessful leading candidates may consult Table 5 in Appendix B, below.



Appendix A

In Table 4, the second column indicates the particular election district in which a leading candidate from one party was ultimately overtaken by a candidate from another party. The third and fourth columns indicate the parties involved and the "Net Changes" column summarizes the overall shift in the election. The right-most columns show the numerical strength of the parties in the actual election (with the party or parties forming the Government identified by an asterisk) and then the hypothetical distribution of seats.

Table 4: Hypothetical Changes if the Leading Candidates Had Been
         Awarded the Available Seats

+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|          | Gain   Loss |            | Parliamentary Seats:  |
|Year Dist.| By:    By:  | Net changes|    Original           |    
|          |             |            |           Hypothetical|
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|1921  2nd | MLP    UPM  |  MLP  + 1  |  CON   7     8   |
|      3rd | CON    UPM  |  CON  + 1  |  MLP   7     8   |
|      5th | CON    MLP  |  UPM  - 2  | *UPM  14    12   |
|      6th | MLP    CON  |            |  DNP   4     4   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1924  1st | UPM    DNP  |  UPM  + 2  |  CON  10    10   |
|      2nd | UPM    MLP  |  MLP  - 2  | *DNP   5     5   |
|      6th | CON    MLP  |            |  MLP   7     5   |
|      8th | DNP    CON  |            | *UPM  10    12   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1927  3rd | CON    MLP  |  CON  + 3  | *CON  15    18   |
|      4th | CON    MLP  |  MLP  - 2  |  MLP   3     1   |
|      5th | CON    PN   |  PN   - 1  |  PN   13    12   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1932  1st | CON    PN   |  PN   + 1  |  CON  10     8   |
|      2nd | PN     CON  |  MLP  + 1  |  MLP   1     2   |
|      4th | MLP    PN   |  CON  - 2  | *PN   21    22   |
|      6th | PN     CON  |            |                  |
|      8th | PN     CON  |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1947  1st | MLP    DAP  |  MLP  + 3  | *MLP  24    27   |
|      5th | MLP    PN   |  GOZ  + 1  |  PN    7     7   |
|      6th | MLP    DAP  |  DAP  - 3  |  JON   2     1   |
|      7th | PN     DAP  |  JON  - 1  |  DAP   4     1   |
|      8th | GOZO   JON  |            |  GOZ   3     4   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1950  2nd | PN     MWP  |  PN   + 3  |  CON   4     3   |
|      4th | PN     MLP  |  DAP  + 1  |  MLP  11    11   |
|      5th | MLP    MWP  |  MWP  - 3  | *PN   12    15   |
|      6th | DAP    MWP  |  CON  - 1  |  DAP   1     2   |
|      7th | PN     MWP  |            |  MWP  11     8   |
|      8th | MWP    CON  |            |  GOZ   0     0   |
|          |             |            |  Ind.  1     1   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1951  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 1  |  CON   4     1   |
|      4th | MWP    CON  |  MWP  + 1  |  MLP  14    13   |
|      5th | PN     MLP  |  IND  + 1  | *PN   15    16   |
|      7th | MLP    CON  |  JON  + 1  | *MWP   7     8   |
|      8th | Ind.   PN   |  CON  - 3  |  JON   0     0   |
|      8th | JON    CON  |  MLP  - 1  |  Ind.  0     1   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1953  2nd | MWP    PN   |  MWP  + 1  |  MLP  19    20   |
|      2nd | MWP    PN   |  MLP  + 1  | *PN   18    16   |
|      5th | MLP    PN   |  PN   - 2  |  MWP   3     4   |
|      7th | PN     MWP  |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1955  1st | PN     MLP  |  No change | *MLP  23    23   |
|      5th | MLP    PN   |            |  PN   17    17   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1962  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 5  |  DNP   4     3   |
|      2nd | CWP    PN   |  MLP  - 4  |  MLP  16    12   |
|      3rd | PN     CWP  |  DNP  - 1  | *PN   25    30   |
|      5th | PN     MLP  |            |  PCP   1     1   |
|      7th | PN     MLP  |            |  CWP   4     4   |
|      8th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|     10th | PN     DNP  |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1966  5th | MLP    PN   |  No change |  MLP  22    22   |
|      7th | PN     MLP  |            | *PN   28    28   |
|      8th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
|     10th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1971  4th | MLP    PN   |  MLP  + 1  | *MLP  28    29   |
|      7th | MLP    PN   |  PN   - 1  |  PN   27    26   |
|     10th | PN     MLP  |                               |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1976  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 2  | *MLP  34    32   |
|      2nd | PN     MLP  |  MLP  - 2  |  PN   31    33   |
|      7th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|     11th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1981  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 1  | *MLP  34    33   |
|      2nd | PN     MLP  |  MLP  - 1  |  PN   31    32   |
|      8th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
|     11th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|     13th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1987  2nd | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 2  |  MLP  34    32   |
|      8th | MLP    PN   |  MLP  - 2  | *PN   31    33   |
|      9th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|     10th | PN     MLP  |            |  [4 bonus seats for PN]
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1992  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 3  |  MLP  31    28   |
|      2nd | PN     MLP  |  MLP  - 3  | *PN   34    37   |
|      3rd | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|      7th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|      8th | MLP    PM   |            |                  |
|     10th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|     11th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1996  1st | PN     MLP  |  No change | *MLP  31    31   |
|      3rd | PN     MLP  |            |  PN   34    34   |
|      6th | PN     MLP  |            |                  |
|      7th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
|      9th | MLP    PN   |            |                  |
|     11th | MLP    PN   |            |  [4 bonus seats for MLP]
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|1998  1st | PN     MLP  |  PN   + 1  |  MLP  30    29   |
|      3rd | PN     MLP  |  MLP  - 1  | *PN   35    36   |
|     11th | MLP    PN   |                               |
+--------------------------------------------------------+


Appendix B

Table 5: List of Leading Candidates Who Failed to Win Election
and the Candidates Who Prevailed Over Them

Note: "Q-Share" refers to the candidates' first-preference votes as a percentage of the quota.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         |       Elected Despite a Lower Share   |  Not Elected, Yet Had a Higher Share
         |         of First-Preference Votes     |      of First-Preference Votes
---------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Year Dist|          Name          Party   Q-Share|      Name             Party  Q-Share
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1921   2 |  Said, Emmanuele          UPM   33.13 |  Galea, Lewis            LP   39.38
1921   3 |  Buttigieg, Filippo NicoloUPM   52.72 |  Agius, Arcangelo        CON  59.01
1921   5 |  Busuttil, Vincenzo       LP    59.97 |  Mizzi, Lewis F.         CON  60.84
1921   6 |  Salomone, Walter         CON    4.23 |  Tua, Giacinto           LP   30.07
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1924   1 |  Mallia, Carlo            DNP   39.68 |  Adami, Giovanni         UPM  42.63
1924   2 |  Farrugia, Vincenzo       LP    41.02 |  Mizzi, Bertu            UPM  45.80
1924   6 |  Zammit Hammet, Salvatore LP    36.61 |  Bugeja, John            CON  59.02
1924   8 |  Micallef, Giuseppi       CON    6.43 |  Azzopardi, Giuseppi     DNP  23.01
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1927   3 |  Sacco, Enrico            LP    51.62 |  Muscat, Joseph          CON  61.31
1927   4 |  Dundon, Michael          LP    36.08 |  Strickland, Gerald      CON  63.82
1927   5 |  Cachia Zammit, Alfredo   PN    36.52 |  Mifsud, Armand          CON  61.14
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1932   1 |  Hyzler, Joseph           PN    67.12 |  Gera de Petri, Alfred   CON  79.03
1932   2 |  Galea, R. V.             CON   58.66 |  Azzopardi, Alfredo      PN   60.22
1932   4 |  Hamilton, Robert E.      CON   51.66 |  Boffa, Pawlu            LP   62.29
1932   6 |  Bugeja, John             CON   59.79 |  Zammit Hammet, SalvatorePN   79.85
1932   8 |  Strickland, Roger        CON   60.53 |  Ruggier, Ruggiero       PN   62.04
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1947   1 |  Hyzler, Joseph           DAP   34.45 |  Bencini, Robert         MLP  65.83
1947   2 |  Laiviera, Nestu          MLP   50.29 |  Raimondo, John          MLP  55.85
1947   3 |  Cole, Johnny             MLP   40.72 |  Dalli, Ganni            MLP  52.67
1947   5 |  Frendo Azzopardi, John   PN    33.51 |  Puglisevich, Giuseppi   MLP  45.73
1947   6 |  Hyzler, Albert V.        DAP   46.50 |  Schembri Adami, Godfrey MLP  57.50
1947   7 |  Apap Bologna, Filippo    DAP   33.69 |  Zammit, Giuseppe        MLP  48.35
1947   7 |  Scicluna, Peter Paul     MLP   41.14 |  Vella, Francis E.       PN   41.36
1947   8 |  Camilleri, Francesco     JON    1.71 |  Cauchi, Guzeppi         GOZ  70.66
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1950   2 |  Boffa, Anglu             MWP   29.71 |  Paris, Antonio          PN   33.04
1950   4 |  Abela, Joseph F.         MLP   32.15 |  Saliba, Philip          PN   42.85
1950   5 |  Galea, R.V.              CON   42.01 |  Scerri, Vincent         CON  44.64
1950   5 |  Colombo, Arthur F.       MWP   28.83 |  Ellul Mercer, J.        MLP  42.43
1950   6 |  Schembri, Joseph         MWP   36.31 |  Hyzler, Bertu           DAP  61.54
1950   7 |  Grech, Pawlu             MWP   40.94 |  Sammut, Gius.           PN   52.24
1950   8 |  De Trafford Strickland,C.CON   27.65 |  Cefai, Giuseppi         MWP  54.79
---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------
1951   1 |  Attard Bezzina, Fanny    MLP   30.84 |  Pace, Paolo             PN   42.01
1951   2 |  Cassar Galea, Joseph F.  PN    31.03 |  Paris, Antonio          PN   46.94
1951   4 |  Strickland, Mabel        CON   44.97 |  Cole, Johnny            MWP  51.58
1951   5 |  Bonaci, Cikku            MLP   27.64 |  Rizzo, Oscar            PN   46.96
1951   7 |  Attard Montalto, GiuseppeCON   33.64 |  Pulis, Mike             MLP  43.07
1951   8 |  De Trafford Strickland,C.CON   39.95 |  Zammit Haber, Giovanni  Ind  57.89
1951   8 |  Cauchi, Amabile          PN    47.95 |  Jones, Henry            JON  49.30
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1953   2 |  Paris, Antonio           PN    35.87 |  Piscopo, Daniel         MLP  51.03
1953   2 |  Caruana, Carmelo         PN    28.49 |  Boffa, Anglu            MWP  36.98
1953   5 |  Borg Olivier, Gaetano    PN    45.82 |  Decesare, Maurice       MLP  54.65
1953   7 |  Flores, Joseph           MLP   39.85 |  Vella, Ganni            MLP  42.31
1953   7 |  Bezzina Wettinger, F.    MWP   25.01 |  Schembri, Carmelo       PN   58.12
1953   8 |  Debrincat, Lorenzo       MLP   30.96 |  Cefai, Guzeppi          MLP  41.26
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1955   1 |  Bonaci, Cikku            MLP   26.72 |  Pace, Paolo             PN   53.53
1955   3 |  Borg, George             MLP   73.03 |  Attard Bezzina, Emanuel MLP  76.95
1955   5 |  Felice, Giovanni         PN    52.17 |  Bonaci, Cikku           MLP  67.55
1955   6 |  Caruana Demajo, Tom      PN    59.83 |  Schembri Adami, Godfrey PN   64.31
1955   7 |  Flores, Joseph           MLP   37.51 |  Vella, Ganni            MLP  54.55
1955   8 |  Mizzi, Marcell           MLP   33.57 |  Zammit Haber, John Elia MLP  46.19
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1962   1 |  Holland, Patrick         MLP   15.82 |  Pace, Poalo             PN   39.24
1962   2 |  Catania, Espedito        PN    26.14 |  Saliba, Joseph          CWP  43.64
1962   3 |  Camilleri, Emilio        CWP   34.84 |  Caruana, Carmelo        PN   44.45
1962   5 |  Muscat, Filippo          MLP   37.47 |  Pisani, Nazareno        PN   72.90
1962   6 |  Pulis, Mike              MLP   43.92 |  Agius, Calcidon         MLP  46.04
1962   6 |  Agius, Emanuele          PN    43.63 |  Fenech, Albert J.       PN   51.38
1962   7 |  Holland, Patrick         MLP   34.61 |  Tabone, Vincent         PN   37.40
1962   8 |  Hyzler, Albert Victor    MLP   30.95 |  Schembri Adami, Godfrey PN   54.60
1962   9 |  Abela, Salvatore         PN    40.62 |  Borg Olivier, Giorgio   PN   51.38
1962  10 |  Attard, Coronato         DNP   32.44 |  Cauchi, Amabile         PN   41.09
---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------
1966   3 |  Caruana, Carmelo         PN    36.68 |  Borg Olivier De Puget,A.PN   37.99
1966   5 |  Borg Olivier De Puget, A.PN    56.08 |  Hyzler, Albert V.       MLP  59.75
1966   6 |  Dingli, Frans            PN    49.61 |  Fenech Adami, Eddie     PN   52.28
1966   7 |  Baldacchino, Joseph M.   MLP   35.39 |  Refalo, Michael A.      PN   49.23
1966   8 |  Camilleri, Gius. Maria   PN    29.56 |  Zammit, Karmnu          MLP  40.06
1966  10 |  Galea, Kelinu            MLP   28.30 |  Busuttil, John          PN   33.69
---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
1971   2 |  Laiviera, Nestu          MLP   24.90 |  Azzopardi, John         MLP  29.63
1971   3 |  Borg Olivier De Puget, A.PN    43.39 |  Cassar, Joseph          PN   45.23
1971   4 |  Caruana, Carmelo         PN    66.60 |  Attard Bezzina, EmmanuelMLP  77.23
1971   5 |  Borg Olivier De Puget, A.PN    49.52 |  Farrugia, Giuseppe      PN   51.07
1971   7 |  Bonello Du Puis, George  PN    48.19 |  Privitera, Salvinu      MLP  65.04
1971   8 |  Buttigieg, John          MLP   27.54 |  Naudi, Robert           MLP  58.32
1971   8 |  Camilleri, Giuseppe MariaPN    38.88 |  Rizzo Naudi, John       PN   47.15
1971   9 |  Gatt, Lawrence           PN    58.93 |  Abela, Sammy            PN   68.17
1971  10 |  Camilleri, Angelo        MLP   43.48 |  Refalo, Carmel          PN   55.95
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1976   1 |  Cremona, Danny           MLP    9.92 |  De Marco, Guido         PN   24.13
1976   2 |  Piscopo, Daniel          MLP   25.87 |  Saliba, Joseph          MLP  28.56
1976   2 |  Brincat, Joseph          MLP    8.64 |  Muscat, Josie           PN   58.39
1976   4 |  Farrugia, Jimmy          PN    48.28 |  Cassar Galea, Joseph F. PN   49.73
1976   6 |  Camilleri, Gius. Maria   PN    51.27 |  Saliba, Philip          PN   69.82
1976   7 |  Buttigieg, John          MLP   42.84 |  Farrugia, Herman        PN   56.04
1976  11 |  Abela, Sammy (Salvatore) PN    57.01 |  Xuereb, Paul            MLP  64.99
1976  12 |  Chetcuti Caruana, Paul   MLP   42.10 |  Agius, Calcidon         MLP  46.20
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1981   1 |  Cremona, Danny           MLP    5.13 |  Delicata, Charles       PN   13.58
1981   2 |  Bartolo, Freddie         MLP    9.20 |  Saliba, Joseph          MLP  10.29
1981   2 |  Grima, Joseph (Joe)      MLP    7.03 |  Muscat, Josie (Joseph)  PN   74.32
1981   8 |  Fenech, Joseph           PN    21.15 |  Bonaci, Evelyn          MLP  47.03
1981   9 |  Falzon, Michael          PN    50.41 |  Rizzo Naudi, John       PN   64.20
1981  10 |  Tabone, Censu            PN    52.50 |  Vella, John             PN   58.71
1981  11 |  Micallef, Alfred         MLP   35.95 |  Portelli, Frank         PN   47.71
1981  13 |  Attard, Coronato         PN    51.70 |  Debattista, Carmel      MLP  53.48
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1987   1 |  Grima, Joe               MLP    6.58 |  Farrugia, Herman        PN   35.31
1987   1 |  Brincat, Joseph          MLP    2.54 |  Mifsud Bonnici, Antoine PN   15.53
1987   2 |  Mizzi, Joe               MLP   25.84 |  Borda, Manuel           PN   33.41
1987   3 |  Portelli, Alfred (FreddieMLP   50.75 |  Vella, George           MLP  53.73
1987   5 |  Calleja, Reno            MLP   30.30 |  Pace, Bertu             MLP  38.89
1987   7 |  Mangion, Charles         MLP   13.35 |  Cuschieri, Louis        PN   24.32
1987   7 |  Debono Grech, Joe        MLP    4.88 |  Chircop, Joseph (Joe)   PN   15.85
1987   8 |  Gauchi Borda, Lino       PN     8.35 |  Sant, Alfred            MLP  16.80
1987   9 |  Brincat, Leo             MLP   48.84 |  Falzon, Michael         PN   52.90
1987   10|  Brincat, Leo             MLP   33.06 |  Vella, John             PN   62.86
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1992   1 |  Debono Grech, Joe        MLP   1.20 |  Farrugia, Jean Pierre    PN    7.34
1992   2 |  Grech, Edwin Saviour     MLP   12.78 |  Borda, Manuel           PN   64.62
1992   3 |  Portelli, Alfred (FreddieMLP   40.20 |  Agius Muscat, Renato    PN   54.92
1992   5 |  Calleja, Reno            MLP   39.13 |  Dalli, John             MLP  39.83
1992   7 |  Buhagiar, Charles        MLP   31.35 |  Zammit, Ninu (Anthony)  PN   46.33
1992   8 |  Gauci Borda, Lino (CarmelPN    19.31 |  Sant, Carmen            MLP  41.38
1992   9 |  Brincat, Leo             MLP   49.28 |  Vassallo, Adrian        MLP  50.94
1992  10 |  Bartolo, Evarist (Varist)MLP   52.45 |  Rizzo Naudi, John       PN   54.14
1992  11 |  Gatt, Lawrence           PN    29.80 |  Gatt, George            MLP  61.10
1992  11 |  Falzon, Michael          PN    25.40 |  Deguara, Louis          PN   34.11
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1996   1 |  Schembri Adami, Sandro   MLP    4.75 |  Farrugia, Jean Pierre   PN   44.27
1996   2 |  Agius, Christopher       MLP   31.20 |  Borda, Manuel           PN   56.04
1996   2 |  Grech, Edwin             MLP   14.15 |  Dalli, John             PN   46.44
1996   3 |  Dalli, Helena            MLP   35.90 |  Galea, Mario            PN   47.58
1996   4 |  Chircop, Karl            MLP   37.21 |  Mifsud, Joe             MLP  41.29
1996   6 |  Attard Montalto, John    MLP   55.01 |  Mifsud Bonnici, Antoine PN   58.20
1996   7 |  Pullicino Orlando, JeffrePN    44.42 |  Gulia, Gavin            MLP  53.51
1996   8 |  Bonnici, Josef           PN     8.01 |  Delicata, Marselle      PN    8.97
1996   9 |  Vella, John              PN    44.66 |  Grech, Edwin            MLP  51.77
1996  11 |  Bonnici, Josef           PN    14.15 |  Micallef, Alfred        MLP  42.08
1996  13 |  Galea Pace, Victor       PN    36.86 |  Refalo, Louis           PN   46.92
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1998   1 |  Herrera, Jose            MLP    6.83 |  Gatt, Austin            PN   42.08
1998   2 |  Law, Rita                MLP   25.40 |  Perici, Stephen         MLP  44.19
1998   3 |  Abela, Carmelo           MLP   27.75 |  Psaila Savona, Joseph   PN   63.14
1998   7 |  Attard Montalto, John    MLP   49.04 |  Pace, Albert            MLP  53.76
1998   8 |  Bonnici, Josef           PN     4.90 |  Fenech, Mark            PN    8.97
1998  11 |  Vassallo, Edwin          PN    22.91 |  Micallef, Freddie       MLP  29.93
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