1997 Liechtenstein general election

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1997 Liechtenstein general election
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
  October 1993 2 February 1997 2001  

All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.77% (Increase2.svg 1.46pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
VU Mario Frick 49.23130
FBP Thomas Büchel 39.2010−1
FL 11.572+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
1997 Liechtenstein election map.svg
Results by constituency
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Mario Frick
VU
Mario Frick
VU

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 2 February 1997 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Patriotic Union (VU) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) winning ten. The Free List (FL) won two seats. Voter turnout was 86.8%. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Thomas Büchel, was the FBP's nomination for prime minister. [2] The party received 39.2% of the vote, the lowest in its history to that point. [3] The party subsequently ended the coalition with the VU that had existed since 1938 and moved into the opposition. [3] [4]

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. [5]

Candidates

Oberland FBP VU FL
  • Evelyne Bermann
  • Jutta Büchel
  • Kaspar Frick
  • René Hasler
  • Claudia Heeb-Fleck
  • Christel Hilti-Kaufmann
  • Hans Frommelt
  • Helen Marxer-Bulloni
  • Nikolaus Ruther
  • Paul Vogt
  • Markus Wille
Unterland FBP VU FL
  • Ingrid Allaart-Batliner
  • Linda Mündle-Büchel
  • Egon Matt
  • Adolf Ritter
  • Dominik Sele
  • Rosemarie Schädler-Matt
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Liechtenstein Landtag 1997.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Patriotic Union 82,78649.23130
Progressive Citizens' Party 65,91439.2010–1
Free List 19,45511.572+1
Total168,155100.00250
Valid votes12,63498.62
Invalid/blank votes1771.38
Total votes12,811100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,76586.77
Source: IPU

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SwingSeats+/–
Oberland 15 Patriotic Union 63,86050.9Decrease2.svg 0.1980
Progressive Citizens' Party
47,14337.5Decrease2.svg 2.3460
Free List
  • Christel Hilti-Kaufmann
14,38211.4Increase2.svg 2.3910
Unterland 10 Patriotic Union
  • Viktor Meier
18,89544.2Decrease2.svg 2.9850
Progressive Citizens' Party 18,74843.9Decrease2.svg 1.984Decrease2.svg 1
Free List
  • Adolf Ritter
5,06711.9Increase2.svg 4.951Increase2.svg 1
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1998, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

See also

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "Büchel, Thomas". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei (FBP)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Koalition". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.