1989 Liechtenstein general election

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1989 Liechtenstein general election
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  1986 3 and 5 March 1989 February 1993  

All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
VU Hans Brunhart 47.1513+5
FBP Otto Hasler 42.1312+5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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 90.88%. [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]

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 membersSubstitutesSeats
Oberland 15 Patriotic Union
  • Xaver Schädler
  • Franz Wachter
8
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Josef Biedermann
  • Dieter Walch
  • Alois Ospelt
  • Johann Kindle
  • Marin Jehle
  • Georg Schierscher
  • Ernst Walch
  • Louis Gassner
  • Anton Vogt
7
Unterland 10 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Hugo Allgäuer
5
Patriotic Union
  • Günther Wohlwend
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Manfred Biedermann
  • Walter Oehry
  • Hermann Hassler
  • Karlheinz Oehri
5
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1989

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