Maltese_integration_into_the_United_Kingdom_referendum,_1956
1956 Maltese United Kingdom integration referendum
1956 referendum in Malta
A referendum on integration with the United Kingdom was held in Malta on 11 and 12 February 1956.[1] The proposals were approved by 77% of those who voted, on a turnout of 59%; the low turnout was partly because of a boycott by the Nationalist Party. The proposals were never fully implemented, and the country became an independent Realm within the British Commonwealth titled the State of Malta eight years later.[2]