February 1993 Liechtenstein general election

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February 1993 Liechtenstein general election
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All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout87.54%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
FBP Markus Büchel 44.19120
VU Hans Brunhart 45.4311−2
FL Wolfgang Marxer 10.382+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
February 1993 Liechtenstein election map.svg
Results by consistency
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Hans Brunhart
VU 		Markus Büchel
FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 7 February 1993 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won twelve seats, with the Patriotic Union (VU) winning eleven. The Free List (FL) won two seats, being the first time a third party won seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 87.5%. [1] Fresh elections were subsequently held in October.

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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. [2]

Candidates

Oberland FBP VU FL
  • Alois Beck
  • Christian Brunhart
  • Thomas Büchel
  • Roman Hermann
  • Xaver Hoch
  • Theo Jäger
  • Eugen Kranz
  • Guido Meier
  • Berthold Nägele
  • Werner Ospelt
  • Bruno Risch
  • Martha Tschikof-Bühler
  • David Vogt
  • Dieter Walch
  • Ernst Walch
  • Norbert Bürzle
  • Alice Fehr-Heidegger
  • Kuno Frick
  • Walter Hartmann
  • Lorenz Heeb
  • Paul Kindle
  • Karlheinz Ospelt
  • Ruth Ospelt-Beck
  • Volker Rheinbeger
  • Monika Rohrer-Nutt
  • Alfons Schädler
  • Walter Schädler
  • Xaver Schädler
  • Peter Wolff
  • Evelyne Bermann
  • Claudia Heeb-Fleck
  • Christel Hilti-Kaufmann
  • René Hasler
  • Hilmar Hoch
  • Konrad Kindle
  • Clemens Laternser
  • Nikolaus Ruther
  • Paul Vogt
Unterland FBP VU FL
  • Toni Batliner
  • Josef Büchel
  • Otmar Hasler
  • Anton Heeb
  • Franz Hoop
  • Carl Kaiser
  • Gabriel Marxer
  • Gebhard Näscher
  • Martha Spiegel-Oehri
  • Renate Wohlwend
  • Manfred Biedermann
  • Hansjörg Goop
  • Christl Gstöhl-Jehle
  • Egon Gstöhl
  • Arnold Kind
  • Helmuth Kind
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Linde Oehri-Meier
  • Theo Oehri
  • Walter Oehry
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Liechtenstein Landtag February 1993.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Patriotic Union 73,21745.4311–2
Progressive Citizens' Party 71,20944.19120
Free List 16,72410.382+2
Total161,150100.00250
Valid votes12,09298.67
Invalid/blank votes1631.33
Total votes12,255100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,99987.54
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [3]

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersVotes%Seats
Oberland 15 Patriotic Union
56,50746.837
Progressive Citizens' Party
50,98242.257
Free List
13,18610.931
Unterland 10 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Otmar Hasler
  • Renate Wohlwend
  • Gabriel Marxer
  • Carl Kaiser
  • Josef Büchel
20,21449.995
Patriotic Union
  • Oswald Kranz
  • Manfred Biedermann
  • Egon Gstöhl
  • Arnold Kind
16,69241.284
Free List Wolfgang Marxer 35348.741
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

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References

  1. ↑ Dataset: Liechtenstein: Parliamentary Election 1993 - February Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database
  2. ↑ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
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