February 1993 Liechtenstein general election

February 1993 Liechtenstein general election
	All 25 seats in the Landtag ; 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.54%
	Results by consistency
Hans Brunhart ; VU	Markus Büchel ; FBP

Last updated January 28, 2025

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.

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	Ingrid Allaart-Batliner Fredi Kind Wolfgang Marxer Rosmarie Schädler-Matt
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	73,217	45.43	11	–2
	Progressive Citizens' Party	71,209	44.19	12	0
	Free List	16,724	10.38	2	+2
Total		161,150	100.00	25	0

Valid votes		12,092	98.67
Invalid/blank votes		163	1.33
Total votes		12,255	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,999	87.54
Source: Nohlen & Stöver^[3]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats		Elected members	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	15	Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Norbert Bürzle Karlheinz Ospelt Lorenz Heeb Volker Rheinberger	56,507	46.83	7
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Ernst Walch Dieter Walch Xaver Hoch Guido Meier Alois Beck Werner Ospelt Thomas Büchel	50,982	42.25	7
		Free List	Paul Vogt	13,186	10.93	1

Unterland	10	Progressive Citizens' Party	Otmar Hasler Renate Wohlwend Gabriel Marxer Carl Kaiser Josef Büchel	20,214	49.99	5
		Patriotic Union	Oswald Kranz Manfred Biedermann Egon Gstöhl Arnold Kind	16,692	41.28	4
		Free List	Wolfgang Marxer	3534	8.74	1
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

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References

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

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[1] Dataset: Liechtenstein: Parliamentary Election 1993 - February Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database

[:1-2] Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[NS-3] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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