Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1921–1926)

[1] It won seven of the eight seats in the Government Council in the elections that year.

[2] In 1903 it was renamed the National Party (Partito Nazionale).

[1] As the Anti-Reform Party, the party sought to preserve Italian as the language of education, government and law, and was in favour of the church retaining its power.

It was largely supported by wealthy urban professionals.

[1] The Democratic Nationalist Party aimed to widen its supporter base by promoting social welfare, but retained its commitment to making the Italian language an official language alongside English.