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General elections were held in Malta on 12 December 1981.For the 1981 elections the opposition Nationalist Party reinvigorated with a new leader looked set for a serious challenge to Mintoff. In fact in that election the Partit Nazzjonalista managed an absolute majority of votes but it managed only 31 seats to the Labour Party’s 34. Dom Mintoff said that he would not be ready to govern in such conditions and hinted that he would call for fresh elections within six months.
