1997 Liechtenstein general election

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1997 Liechtenstein general election
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  October 1993 2 February 1997 2001  

All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.77%
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. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 86.8%. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Thomas Büchel, was the Progressive Citizens' Party nomination for prime minister. [2] The party received 39.2% of the vote, the lowest in its history. [3] The party subsequently ended the coalition with the Patriotic Union that had existed since 1938. [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]

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 districtSeatsPartyCandidatesSubstitutesSeats
Oberland 15 Patriotic Union
  • Peter Wolff
  • Karlheinz Ospelt
  • Peter Sprenger
  • Hubert Sele
  • Walter Hartmann
  • Norbert Bürzle
  • Volker Rheinberger
  • Lorenz Heeb
  • Walter Vogt
  • Dorothee Laternser
8
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Alois Beck
  • Gebhard Hoch
  • Klaus Wanger
  • Marco Ospelt
  • Elmar Kindle
  • Helmut Konrad
  • Christian Brunhart
  • Arthur Büchel
6
Free List
  • Christel Hilti-Kaufmann
1
Unterland 10 Patriotic Union
  • Ingrid Hassler
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Otto Büchel
  • Donath Oehri
  • Hansjörg Goop
  • Viktor Meier
5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Renate Wohlwend
4
Free List
  • Egon Matt
  • Adolf Ritter
1
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1998


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