Disproportionality in Maltese Elections

"Wasted" Votes and "Excess" Votes on the Last Count

Minority governments and minimal voter "mandates"

Some items on the under-representation of women

"Who Needs Transfer Votes?"

Disproportionality in District Sizes

Tactical Termination of Candidacies

The 1990 Government White Paper
The text of a document which proposed wide-ranging changes in the electoral system.

The 1994 Gonzi Commission Report
Discussion and proposals for electoral reform.

The 1994 Buhagiar report
A sweeping proposal for change, in a report solicited by the Gonzi Commission.

"The Priority Queue"
A paper by Anton Buhagiar on the equitable distribution of each party's share of parliamentary seats.

Electoral Reform Debate, 1995 - 1996
Press accounts of the failed attempt to promote proportionality in the electoral system.