1989 Liechtenstein general election

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1989 Liechtenstein general election
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All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.88%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
VU Hans Brunhart 47.1513+5
FBP Herbert Wille 42.1312+5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
1989 Liechtenstein election map.svg
Results by constituency
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Hans Brunhart
VU 		Hans Brunhart
VU

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 and 5 March 1989. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag, which had been enlarged by 10 seats compared to the 1986 elections. Voter turnout was 91%. [1] Early elections were called following the Progressive Citizens' Party's Landtag members resigning in protest due to the VU refusing to support an investigation into power abuse by the Liechtenstein state court in 1985. [2]

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This was the first and only election contested by the Non-Party List, a political grouping attempting to prevent either the VU or FBP from forming a majority. [3]

Electoral system

The 25 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 15 seats and Unterland with 10 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
  • Josef Biedermann
  • Rösle Eberle
  • Louis Gassner
  • Theo Gassner
  • Martin Jehle
  • Johann Kindle
  • Mario Negele
  • Alois Ospelt
  • Gert Risch
  • Georg Schierscher
  • Evi Sochin
  • Anton Vogt
  • Dieter Walch
  • Ernst Walch
  • Karlheinz Ritter
  • Alfons Schädler
  • Emma Brogle
  • Paul Kindle
  • Helmuth Matt
  • Georg Vogt
  • Reinhard Walser
  • Hildegard Beck
  • Hans Peter Foser
  • Walter Schädler
  • Valerie Schädler
  • Xaver Schädler
  • Patrick Hilty
  • Rita Frick
  • Franz Wachter
  • Gerda Bicker
  • Helen Marxer
  • Sonja Wachter
  • Margrit Willie
  • Ludwig Frommelt
  • Peter Frommelt
  • Hilmar Hoch
  • Hansjörg Hilti
  • Georg Kaufmann
  • Wilfred Marxer
  • Paul Vogt
ULL
  • Leo Sele
  • Hans Walter Büchel
  • Rainer Ospelt
  • Hans-Peter Rheinbeger
  • Rudolf Schädler
  • Josef Büchel
Unterland FBP VU FL
  • Hugo Allgäuer
  • Josef Büchel
  • Pius Büchel
  • Emma Eigenmann
  • Roland Elkuch
  • Otmar Hasler
  • Felix Hassler
  • Carl Kaiser
  • Franz Marxer
  • Heinz Ritter
  • Hermann Hassler
  • Günther Wohlwend
  • Beat Hasler
  • Karl-Heinz Oehri
  • Edwin Marxer
  • Walter Oehry
  • Helga Schindler
  • Manfred Biedermann
  • Irmgard Spalt
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Bernd Erne
  • Toni Ritter
ULL
  • Gerti Marxer
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Liechtenstein Landtag 1989.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Patriotic Union 75,41747.1513+5
Progressive Citizens' Party 67,38242.1312+5
Free List 12,0907.5600
Non-Party List 5,0613.160New
Total159,950100.0025+10
Valid votes11,95798.87
Invalid/blank votes1371.13
Total votes12,094100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,30790.88
Source: IPU

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%Seats
Oberland 15 Patriotic Union
  • Xaver Schädler
  • Franz Wachter
58,17048.108
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Josef Biedermann
  • Dieter Walch
  • Alois Ospelt
  • Johann Kindle
  • Marin Jehle
  • Georg Schierscher
  • Ernst Walch
  • Louis Gassner
  • Anton Vogt
48,37640.007
Free List ––9,8308.130
Non-Party List ––4,5543.770
Unterland 10 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Hugo Allgäuer
18,94148.825
Patriotic Union
  • Günther Wohlwend
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Manfred Biedermann
  • Walter Oehry
  • Hermann Hassler
  • Karlheinz Oehri
17,12344.135
Free List ––2,2285.740
Non-Party List ––5081.310
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1989, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

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References

  1. 1 2 Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ↑ Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Staatsgerichtshofaffäre (Kunsthausfall)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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  4. ↑ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.


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