2009 Liechtenstein general election

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2009 Liechtenstein general election
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
  2005 8 February 2009 (2009-02-08) 2013  

All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.64%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
VU Klaus Tschütscher 47.6113+3
FBP Otmar Hasler 43.4711−1
FL Wolfgang Marxer 8.921−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2009 Liechtenstein election map.svg
Results by constituency

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 8 February 2009 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 eleven. The Free List (FL) won one seat. Voter turnout was 86.6%. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Otmar Hasler sought a third term, and was re-nominated by the FBP on 4 October 2008. [2] Incumbent deputy prime minister Klaus Tschütscher was re-nominated as the party's candidate for prime minister. [3] Following the election, Hasler resigned and the two parties entered into a renewed coalition government under Tschütscher. [4] [5]

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. [6]

Candidates

Oberland FBP VU FL
  • Peter Lampert
  • Wendelin Lampert
  • Elmar Kindle
  • Christian Batliner
  • Doris Frommelt
  • Albert Frick
  • Helmuth Büchel
  • Stefan Wenaweser
  • Kurt Eberle
  • Hilmar Schädler
  • Daniel Seger
  • Margot Sele-Heeb
  • Christian Hausmann
  • Patrick Schürmann
  • Walter Marxer
  • Pepo Frick
  • Helen Konzett Bargetze
  • Claudia Heeb-Fleck
  • Andreas Heeb
  • Albert Eberle
  • Ibrahim Türkyilmaz
  • Astrid Walser
Unterland FBP VU FL
  • Johannes Kaiser
  • Renate Wohlwend
  • Gerold Büchel
  • Manfred Batliner
  • Rainer Gopp
  • Hubert Lampert
  • Johanna Noser
  • Agatha Pino Maqueda
  • Cornelia Gassner
  • Norbert Hasler
  • Günther Kranz
  • Peter Büchel
  • Doris Beck
  • Marlies Amann-Marxer
  • Werner Kranz
  • Dominik Oehri
  • Gerald Meier
  • Wolfgang Matt
  • Markus Öhri
  • Anita Senti
  • Andrea Matt
  • Robert Büchel-Thalmaier
  • Claudia Robinigg
  • Patrick Risch
  • Edith Willburger
Source: Landtagswahlen 2009

Results

Liechtenstein Landtag 2009.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Patriotic Union 95,21947.6113+3
Progressive Citizens' Party 86,95143.4711–1
Free List 17,8358.921–2
Total200,005100.00250
Valid votes15,12696.64
Invalid/blank votes5263.36
Total votes15,652100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,49384.64
Source: Landtagswahlen

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsElectoratePartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SwingSeats

won

+/–
Oberland 1512,105 Patriotic Union
  • Marion Kindle
  • Leander Schädler
71,46948.9Increase2.svg 9.98Increase2.svg 2
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Helmuth Büchel
  • Stefan Wenaweser
61,03341.7Decrease2.svg 5.06Decrease2.svg 1
Free List
  • Helen Konzett Bargetze
13,7339.4Decrease2.svg 4.91Decrease2.svg 1
Unterland 106,388 Patriotic Union
  • Günther Kranz
  • Peter Büchel
  • Doris Beck
  • Marlies Amann-Marxer
  • Werner Kranz
  • Dominik Oehri
23,75044.2Increase2.svg 8.05Increase2.svg 1
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Hubert Lampert
25,91554.3Decrease2.svg 6.150
Free List 4,1027.6Decrease2.svg 1.90Decrease2.svg 1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2009

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