***  CODEBOOK FOR MT-DISTR.DAT: MALTESE ELECTIONS DISTRICT DATA  ***** 

============= DATA ARE IN THE FILE NAMED:  MT-DISTR.DAT ==============


     Variables 1 through 8 are of an identifying and summary nature.

(1)  YEAR        Year of Election (last two digits of the year)
(2)  DIVISION    Division (i.e., District) Number
(3)  REGISTERED  Total of Registered Voters
(4)  VALID-VOTE  Total of Valid Votes
(5)  VALID-%     Percent Valid Vote  =  ((Valid Vote/Registered)*100)
(6)  QUOTA       Quota for the District
(7)  ALL-SEATS   Number of Seats to be Won
(8)  COUNTS      Number of Counts Until All Winners are Determined


    Variables 9 though 29 indicate the NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
    fielded in the district by the respective party.

 (9)  CON-CAND    Constitutionalist Party  (1921-1939; 1950-1953)
(10)  DNP1-CAND   Democratic Nationalist Party  I  (1921-1924)
(11)  MLP-CAND    Malta Labour Party  (1921-1992) 
(12)  UPM-CAND    Unione Politica Maltese  (1921-1924)
(13)  PN-CAND     Nationalist Party  (1927-1992)
(14)  IL-CAND     Independent Labour  (1932)
(15)  JON-CAND    Jones Party  (1947-1951)
(16)  DAP-CAND    Democratic Action Party  (1947-1950)
(17)  GOZ-CAND    Gozo Party  (1947)
(18)  MWP-CAND    Maltese Workers Party  (1950-1953)
(19)  PCP-CAND    Progressive Constitutional Party  (1953-1971)
(20)  CWP-CAND    Christian Workers Party  (1962-1966)
(21)  DNP2-CAND   Democratic Nationalist Party  II  (1962-1966)
(22)  COM-CAND    Communist Party  (1987)
(23)  DP-CAND     Democratic Party  (1987)
(24)  DCP-CAND    Democratic Christian Party  (1962)
(25)  AD-CAND     Alternattiva Demokratika  (1992)
(26)  IND1-CAND   Independent 1
(27)  IND2-CAND   Independent 2
(28)  IND3-CAND   Independent 3
(29)  IND4-CAND   Independent 4


     Variables 30 through 50 indicate the NUMBER OF VOTES obtained
     by the respective party in the district.

     A value of zero indicates that the party did not compete; but
     there is one exception to this use of a zero value here:
     In the 1st District in 1981, the zero value for IND1-VOTE
     indicates an actual result... an independent candidate indeed
     manages to receive zero votes.


(30)  CON-VOTE   Constitutionalist Party  (1921-1939; 1950-1953)
(31)  DNP1-VOTE  Democratic Nationalist Party  I  (1921-1924)
(32)  MLP-VOTE   Malta Labour Party  (1921-1992) 
(33)  UPM-VOTE   Unione Politica Maltese  (1921-1924)
(34)  PN-VOTE    Nationalist Party  (1927-1992)
(35)  IL-VOTE    Independent Labour  (1932)
(36)  JON-VOTE   Jones Party  (1947-1951)
(37)  DAP-VOTE   Democratic Action Party  (1947-1950)
(38)  GOZ-VOTE   Gozo Party  (1947)
(39)  MWP-VOTE   Maltese Workers Party  (1950-1953)
(40)  PCP-VOTE   Progressive Constitutional Party  (1953-1971)
(41)  CWP-VOTE   Christian Workers Party  (1962-1966)
(42)  DNP2-VOTE  Democratic Nationalist Party  II  (1962-1966)
(43)  COM-VOTE   Communist Party  (1987)
(44)  DP-VOTE    Democratic Party  (1987)
(45)  DCP-VOTE   Democratic Christian Party  (1962)
(46)  AD-VOTE    Alternattiva Demokratika  (1992)
(47)  IND1-VOTE  Independent 1
(48)  IND2-VOTE  Independent 2
(49)  IND3-VOTE  Independent 3
(50)  IND4-VOTE  Independent 4



     Variables 51 through 71 indicate the NUMBER OF SEATS obtained
     by the respective party.
     A value of zero indicates that the party did not compete.

(51)  CON-SEAT   Constitutionalist Party  (1921-1939; 1950-1953)
(52)  DNP1-SEAT  Democratic Nationalist Party  I  (1921-1924)
(53)  MLP-SEAT   Malta Labour Party  (1921-1992) 
(54)  UPM-SEAT   Unione Politica Maltese  (1921-1924)
(55)  PN-SEAT    Nationalist Party  (1927-1992)
(56)  IL-SEAT    Independent Labour (1932)
(57)  JON-SEAT   Jones Party  (1947-1951)
(58)  DAP-SEAT   Democratic Action Party  (1947-1950)
(59)  GOZ-SEAT   Gozo Party  (1947)
(60)  MWP-SEAT   Maltese Workers Party  (1950-1953)
(61)  PCP-SEAT   Progressive Constitutional Party  (1953-1971)
(62)  CWP-SEAT   Christian Workers Party  (1962-1966)
(63)  DNP2-SEAT  Democratic Nationalist Party  II  (1962-1966)
(64)  COM-SEAT   Communist Party  (1987)
(65)  DP-SEAT    Democratic Party  (1987)
(66)  DCP-SEAT   Democratic Christian Party  (1962)
(67)  AD-SEAT    Alternattiva Demokratika  (1992)
(68)  IND1-SEAT  Independent 1
(69)  IND2-SEAT  Independent 2
(70)  IND3-SEAT  Independent 3
(71)  IND4-SEAT  Independent 4