1869 Liechtenstein general election

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1869 Liechtenstein general election
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  1866 29 April 1869 1872  

6 seats in the Landtag
Landesverweser beforeLandesverweser after
Karl von Hausen Karl von Hausen

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 29 April 1869. Six of the seats in the Landtag were indirectly elected by electors selected by voters.

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Electors

Electors were selected through elections that were held on 18 and 19 April. Each municipality had two electors for every 100 inhabitants.

MunicipalityElectors+/–
Balzers 200
Eschen 180
Gamprin 60
Mauren 200
Planken 20
Ruggell 120
Schaan 200
Schellenberg 60
Triesen 18+2
Triesenberg 200
Vaduz 160
Total158+2

Results

The electors met on 29 April in Vaduz to elect six Landtag members and five substitute members. The Landtag members and their substitutes were elected in three ballots. Of the 158 electors, 152 participated in the voting.

Elected as members

Elected as members on the first ballot

  • Markus Kessler

Elected as members on the second ballot

Elected as members on the third ballot

  • Franz Josef Kind
  • Johann Georg Marxer
  • Johann A. Schlegel

Elected as substitutes

Elected as substitutes on the first ballot

  • Josef Bargetze
  • Johann Frick
  • Johann Josef Schaffhauser

Elected as substitutes on the second ballot

  • Martin Oehri
  • Stefan Risch

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