Complex sentence: He contested the general elections for the first time in 1966 on the 8th and 13th district, eventually being elected in the Maltese Parliament in 1971 and consecutively for the next thirty years.
Split into simpler sentences: He contested the general elections for the first time in 1966 on the 13th and 8th district. He was elected in the Maltese Parliament in 1971 and was elected thereafter for thirty years.