2009 Liechtenstein general election

2009 Liechtenstein general election

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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.64% ( 1.81pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Klaus Tschütscher 47.61 13 +3 FBP Otmar Hasler 43.47 11 −1 FL Wolfgang Marxer 8.92 1 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. 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]

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	Arthur Brunhart Jürgen Beck Gebhard Negele Harry Quaderer Thomas Vogt Diana Hilti Gisela Biedermann Peter Hilti Marion Kindle Leander Schädler Gilbert Frommelt René B. Ott Henrik Caduff Mirjam Amann Ilse Gassner-Bühler	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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	95,219	47.61	13	+3
	Progressive Citizens' Party	86,951	43.47	11	–1
	Free List	17,835	8.92	1	–2
Total		200,005	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		15,126	96.64
Invalid/blank votes		526	3.36
Total votes		15,652	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,493	84.64
Source: Landtagswahlen

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Electorate	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	+/–
Oberland	15	12,105		Patriotic Union	Arthur Brunhart Jürgen Beck Gebhard Negele Harry Quaderer Thomas Vogt Diana Hilti Gisela Biedermann Peter Hilti	Marion Kindle Leander Schädler	71,469	48.9	9.9	8	2
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Peter Lampert Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Christian Batliner Doris Frommelt Albert Frick	Helmuth Büchel Stefan Wenaweser	61,033	41.7	5.0	6	1
				Free List	Pepo Frick	Helen Konzett Bargetze	13,733	9.4	4.9	1	1
Unterland	10	6,388		Patriotic Union	Günther Kranz Peter Büchel Doris Beck Marlies Amann-Marxer Werner Kranz	Dominik Oehri	23,750	44.2	8.0	5	1
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Gerold Büchel Manfred Batliner Rainer Gopp	Hubert Lampert	25,915	54.3	6.1	5	0
				Free List			4,102	7.6	1.9	0	1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2009

See also

• Elections in Liechtenstein
• List of Liechtenstein general elections

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2009" (in German). 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
2. "FBP stellt Regierungsteam vor". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 4 October 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. "VU löst FBP als stärkste Partei ab". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
4. "Regierungschef Otmar Hasler tritt zurück". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 8 February 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
5. "Zusammenarbeit besiegelt". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 25 March 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
6. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.