Type: | Parliamentary |
Country: | Malta |
Flag Year: | 1875 |
Election Date: | 26 and 27 August 1895 |
Next Election: | 1898 Maltese general election |
Next Year: | 1898 |
Previous Election: | 1892 Maltese general election |
Previous Year: | 1892 |
Seats For Election: | All 14 seats to the Government Council |
General elections were held in Malta on 26 and 27 August 1895.[1] For the first time since 1883, every seat was contested.[2]
The elections were held under the Knutsford Constitution.[1] Ten members were elected from single-member constituencies,[3] whilst a further four members were elected to represent nobility and landowners, graduates, clerics and the Chamber of Commerce.[4]
District | Towns | |
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I | Valletta East | |
II | Valletta West, Sliema, St. Julian's | |
III | Floriana, Pietà, Ħamrun, Msida | |
IV | Cospicua, Żabbar | |
V | Birgu, Senglea | |
VI | Mdina | |
VII | Birkirkara | |
VIII | Qormi | |
IX | Żejtun | |
X | Gozo | |
Source: Schiavone, p13 |
A total of 10,426 people were registered to vote, of which 5,847 cast votes, giving a turnout of 56%.[1]
General elected members | ||||
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Constituency | Name | Votes | Notes | |
I | Sigismondo Savona | 493 | Re-elected | |
II | Ernesto Manara | 244 | ||
III | Giuseppe Bencini | 373 | Previously member for Chamber of Commerce | |
IV | Frenc Mallia | 322 | ||
V | Eduardo Bonavia | 448 | ||
VI | Nutar Mallia Tabone | 309 | Re-elected | |
VII | Frans Wettinger | 208 | ||
VIII | Cesare Darmanin | 209 | ||
IX | Alfonso Caruana | 150 | ||
X | Paolo Sammut | 427 | Re-elected | |
Special elected members | ||||
Seat | Name | Votes | Notes | |
Nobility and Landowners | Testaferrata Moroni Viani | 168 | ||
Graduates | Salvatore Grech | 112 | ||
Clergy | Alfredo Mifsud | 199 | ||
Chamber of Commerce | Edoardo Vella | 152 | ||
Source: Schiavone, p179 |