1986 Liechtenstein general election

1986 Liechtenstein general election

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15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Hans Brunhart 50.19 8 0 FBP Herbert Wille 42.75 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 31 January and 2 February 1986. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party won seven seats, whilst the new Free List was less than 1% short of the 8% electoral threshold and failed to win a seat. ^[1]

They were the first elections in which women could vote, as until the passing of a referendum in 1984, suffrage had been limited to men. Emma Eigenmann was the only woman elected, becoming the first female member of the Landtag. ^[2] They were also the first elections to use campaign posters. ^[3]

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. ^[4] All citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote. ^[1]

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU	FL
	Herbert Batliner Josef Biedermann Rony Frick Rösle Eberle-Kind Heidi Wanger-Ritter Louis Gassner Dieter Walch Johann Kindle Gerhard Risch	Karlheinz Ritter Alfons Schädler Emma Brogle-Sele Paul Kindle Helmuth Matt Reinhard Walser Georg Vogt Hildegard Beck Hanspeter Foser	Gerda Bicker-Brunhart Peter Frommelt Hansjörg Hilti Hilmar Hoch Helmuth Marxer Regina Marxer Barbara Rheinberger Kurt Wachter
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL
	Josef Büchel Emma Eigenmann Felix Hassler Heinz Ritter Roland Elkuch Franz Marxer	Hermann Hassler Günther Wohlwend Magda Batliner-Meier Karl-Heinz Oehri Beat Hasler Edwin Marxer	Bernd Erne Annelies Heeb-Breuss Toni Ritter
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	46,793	50.19	8	0
	Progressive Citizens' Party	39,853	42.75	7	0
	Free List	6,582	7.06	0	New
Total		93,228	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		11,612	99.45
Invalid/blank votes		64	0.55
Total votes		11,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		12,512	93.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [5]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	9		Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Helmuth Matt Alfons Schädler Georg Vogt Karlheinz Ritter	Wasler Reinhard Foser Hanspeter Emma Brogle-Sele Hildegard Beck	36,235	51.31	5
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Josef Biedermann Johann Kindle Dieter Walch Louis Gassner	Rony Frick Rösle Eberle-Kind	29,001	41.06	4
Unterland	6		Progressive Citizens' Party	Emma Eigenmann-Schädler Josef Büchel Heinz Ritter	Roland Elkuch Felix Hasler Franz Marxer	10,816	47.94	3
			Patriotic Union	Günther Wohlwend Beat Hasler Hermann Hassler	Karlheinz Oehri Edwin Marxer	10,544	46.73	3
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1986, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

1. Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. "Eigenmann-Schädler, Emma". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
3. Marxer, Wilfred; Fabian, Frommelt (31 December 2011). "Wahlen". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
4. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
5. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1181 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7