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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 86.45% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 13 March 2005. [1] The result was a victory for the Progressive Citizens' Party.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Progressive Citizens' Party | 94,545 | 48.74 | 12 | –1 | |
Patriotic Union | 74,162 | 38.23 | 10 | –1 | |
Free List | 25,273 | 13.03 | 3 | +2 | |
Total | 193,980 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 14,663 | 97.32 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 404 | 2.68 | |||
Total votes | 15,067 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 17,428 | 86.45 | |||
Source: Landtagswahlen |
Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | +/– | |
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Oberland | 15 | 11,499 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 66,389 | 46.7 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 55,372 | 39.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Free List |
| 20,319 | 14.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Unterland | 10 | 5,929 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 28,156 | 54.3 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 18,790 | 36.2 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Free List |
| 4,954 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Source: Landtagswahlen |
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