1982 Liechtenstein general election

1982 Liechtenstein general election

←  1978 5 and 7 February 1982 1986  →
15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.37% ( 0.35pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Hans Brunhart 53.47 8 0 FBP Hilmar Ospelt 46.53 7 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Hans Brunhart VU Hans Brunhart VU

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 5 and 7 February 1982. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 95.4%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote. ^[1]

Electoral system

The 15 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 9 seats and Unterland with 6 seats. Only parties and lists with more than 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag. ^[2] Only male citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote. ^{[1] [3]}

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU
	Noldi Frommelt Dieter Walch Josef Biedermann Eugen Büchel Louis Gassner Edwin Kindle Peter Hemmerle Richard Schierscher Helmut Wohlwend	Karlheinz Ritter Franz Beck Georg Gstöhl Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger August Beck Peter Wolff Elias Nigg Paul Kindle
Unterland	FBP	VU
	Armin Meier Franz Elkuch Beat Marxer Felix Hassler Josef Büchel Walter Marxer	Hermann Hassler Franz Meier Anton Hoop Franz Oehri Günther Wohlwend Karlheinz Oehri
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	20,997	53.47	8	0
	Progressive Citizens' Party	18,273	46.53	7	0
Total		39,270	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		4,909	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		94	1.88
Total votes		5,003	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,246	95.37
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [4]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	9		Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Georg Gstöhl Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger Karlheinz Ritter	August Beck Franz Beck Elias Nigg Peter Wolff	16,191	55.01	5
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Josef Biedermann Noldi Frommelt Louis Gassner Dieter Walch	Eugen Büchel Edwin Kindle Richard Schierscher Peter Hemmerle	13,239	44.98	4
Unterland	6		Progressive Citizens' Party	Beat Marxer Armin Meier Josef Büchel	Walter Marxer Felix Hassler Franz Elkuch	5,006	50.99	3
			Patriotic Union	Franz Meier Günther Wohlwend Hermann Hassler	Anton Hoop Karlheinz Oehri Franz Oehri	4,810	49.00	3
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1982, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

1. Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
3. Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1180–1183 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7