2005 Liechtenstein general election

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2005 Liechtenstein general election
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←  2001 13 March 2005 2009  →
All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.45%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
FBP Otmar Hasler 48.7412−1
VU Heinz Frommelt  [ de ]38.2310−1
FL Pepo Frick 13.033+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2005 Liechtenstein election map.svg
Results by constituency
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Otmar Hasler
FBP 		Otmar Hasler
FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 13 March 2005. The Progressive Citizens' Party remained the largest party in the Landtag but lost its majority, winning 12 of the 25 seats. Voter turnout was 86.5%. [1] The Progressive Citizens' Party and the Patriotic Union subsequently formed a coalition. [2]

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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. [3]

Results

Liechtenstein Landtag 2005.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Citizens' Party 94,54548.7412–1
Patriotic Union 74,16238.2310–1
Free List 25,27313.033+2
Total193,980100.00250
Valid votes14,66397.32
Invalid/blank votes4042.68
Total votes15,067100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,42886.45
Source: Landtagswahlen

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsElectoratePartyCandidatesVotes%SwingSeats

won

+/–
Oberland 1511,499 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Alois Beck
  • Peter Lampert
  • Wendelin Lampert
  • Elmar Kindle
  • Klaus Wanger
  • Doris Frommelt
  • Josy Biedermann
  • Thomas Gstöhl
  • Urs Vogt
  • Christa Eberle
  • Krt Eberle
  • Patrick Schürmann
  • Hansrudi Sele
  • Angelika Tinner-Wolf
  • Monika Forster
66,38946.7Decrease2.svg 1.470
Patriotic Union
  • Hugo Quaderer
  • Arthur Brunhart
  • Gebhard Negele
  • Heinz Vogt
  • Jürgen Beck
  • Harry Quaderer
  • Henrik Caduff
  • Rony Bargetze
  • Ronald Büchel
  • Ursula Schädler
  • Christian Ritter
  • Barbara Ritter-Hagen
  • Waltraud Schlegel-Biedermann
  • Corina Beck
  • Conny Bieri-Frommelt
55,37239.0Decrease2.svg 3.36Decrease2.svg 1
Free List
  • Pepo Frick
  • Paul Vogt
  • Claudia Heeb-Fleck
  • Georg Kaufmann
  • Hansjörg Hilti
  • Luzia Walch-Schädler
  • Werner Schädler
20,31914.3Increase2.svg 4.72Increase2.svg 1
Unterland 105,929 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Markus Büchel
  • Renate Wohlwend
  • Johannes Kaiser
  • Franz J. Heeb
  • Rudolf Lampert
  • Adrian Gstöhl
  • Herbert Kind
  • Monica Bereiter-Amann
  • Helmut Bühler
  • Fredi Hilti
28,15654.3Decrease2.svg 0.65Decrease2.svg 1
Patriotic Union
  • Ivo Klein
  • Günther Kranz
  • Doris Beck
  • Marlies Amann-Marxer
  • Alexander Marxer
  • Ursula Diana Oehry
  • Peter Kranz
  • Peter Frommelt Hannes
  • Horst Lorenz
  • Hannes Clavadetscher
18,79036.2Decrease2.svg 2.540
Free List
4,9549.5Increase2.svg 3.11Increase2.svg 1
Source: Landtagswahlen

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1166 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Koalition". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.


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