Parliament of Malta
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Parliament of Malta Parlament ta' Malta |
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| Type | |
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| Houses | House of Representatives |
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| Seats | 71 |
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Political groups
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| Elections | |
| Single transferable vote | |
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Last election
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9 March 2013 |
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Next election
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2018 or earlier |
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| Parliament House, Valletta | |
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| http://www.parlament.mt/ | |
The Parliament of Malta (Maltese: Parlament ta' Malta) is the constitutional legislative body in Malta, located in Valletta. The parliament is unicameral, with a democratically elected House of Representatives and the President of Malta. By Constitutional law, all government ministers, including the Prime Minister, must be members of the House of Representatives.
Between 1921 and 1933 the Parliament was bicameral, consisting of a Senate as well as a Legislative Assembly.
The House of Representatives (Maltese: Kamra tad-Deputati) is the unicameral legislature of Malta and a component of the Parliament of Malta. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House. The President of Malta is appointed for a five-year term by a resolution of the House.
The House is composed of an odd number of members elected for one legislative term of five years. Ordinarily, five members are returned from each of thirteen electoral districts using the single transferable vote electoral system but additional members are elected in cases of dis-proportionality (where a party with an absolute majority of votes fails to win an absolute majority of seats and where only candidates from two parties are elected).
Between 1921 and 2015, the House of Representatives was housed in the Grandmaster's Palace.
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