2017 Liechtenstein general election
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| Turnout | 77.82% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 5 February 2017 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party won nine of the seats in the Landtag, with the Patriotic Union winning eight. The The Independents and Free List won five and three seats respectively.
Background
[edit]In the 2013 elections the Progressive Citizens' Party lost one seat, and the Patriotic Union lost five seats while The Independents gained four seats, and the Free List gained two seats. This was the first time in Liechtenstein's history that four parties held seats in the Landtag.[1][2]
Electoral system
[edit]The 25 members of the Landtag are elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 15 seats and Unterland with 10 seats. Voters vote for a party list and then may strike through candidates they do not wish to cast a preferential vote for and may add names of candidates from other lists.[3] The electoral threshold to win a seat is 8%.[4] Landtag members sit four year terms.[3] Once formed the Landtag votes to elect a prime minister who governs through a cabinet of four ministers, who are selected from Landtag members.[5][3] Voting is compulsory by law and most is carried out by post. Polling stations are only open for one and a half hours on election day. Citizens over 18 years of age who have been resident in the country for one month prior to election day are eligible to vote.[3]
Campaign
[edit]Incumbent prime minister Adrian Hasler was expected to seek a second term, and was re-nominated by Progressive Citizens' Party on 18 August 2016.[6] The Patriotic Union re-nominated incumbent deputy prime minister Thomas Zwiefelhofer for prime minister on 17 June 2016.[7] According to polling, The Independents were expected to preform well, perhaps receiving up to 20% of the vote.[8]
The election saw the highest number of candidates running in Liechtenstein's history with 71 candidates.[9]
Candidates
[edit]| Oberland | FBP | VU | DU |
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| Unterland | FBP | VU | DU |
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| Source: Landtagswahl 2017 | |||
Results
[edit]The Progressive Citizens' Party lost one seat and the Independents gained one seat. Both the Patriotic Union and the Free List retained all their seats.[10] Voter turnout was 77.8%, down from 79.8% in 2013.[11]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 68,673 | 35.24 | 9 | –1 | |
| Patriotic Union | 65,742 | 33.73 | 8 | 0 | |
| The Independents | 35,885 | 18.41 | 5 | +1 | |
| Free List | 24,595 | 12.62 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 194,895 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,768 | 95.82 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 645 | 4.18 | |||
| Total votes | 15,413 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,806 | 77.82 | |||
| Source: Landtagswahlen | |||||
By electoral district
[edit]| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Subsititutes | Votes | % | Swing | Seats
won |
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| Oberland | 15 | 12,814 | Patriotic Union | Christoph Wenaweser Manfred Kaufmann Günter Vogt Thomas Vogt Frank Konrad |
Rainer Beck | 48,789 | 34.4 |  0.2
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5 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Wendelin Lampert Albert Frick Daniel F. Seger Eugen Nägele Susanne Eberle-Strub |
Michael Ospelt | 47,747 | 33.7 | 5.6
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5 | 1
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| The Independents | Harry Quaderer Jürgen Beck Thomas Rehak |
Ado Vogt | 26,452 | 18.6 |  3.9
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3 | 1
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| Free List | Georg Kaufmann Thomas Lageder |
Helen Konzett Bargetze | 18,882 | 11.8 | 2.1
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2 | 0 | ||||
| Unterland | 10 | 6,992 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Johannes Kaiser Elfried Hasler Johannes Hasler Daniel Oehry |
20,941 | 39.4 | 2.5
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4 | 0 | ||
| Patriotic Union | Violanda Lanter-Koller Mario Wohlwend Guinilla Marxer-Kranz |
Peter Frick | 16,995 | 32.0 | 1.1
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3 | 0 | ||||
| The Independents | Herbert Elkuch Erich Hasler |
Peter Wachter | 9,449 | 17.8 | 1.0
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2 | 0 | ||||
| Free List | Patrick Risch | Wolfgang Marxer | 5,715 | 10.8 | 0.4
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Source: Landtagswahlen | |||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2013 election". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "New Independent party rattles Liechtenstein vote". GlobalPost. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Principality of Liechtenstein: Parliamentary Elections 7 February 2021" (PDF). Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. OSCE. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Article 55 (1) of the Volksrechtegesetz (Law of People's Rights) Gesetze.li
- ^ "Liechtenstein election: Just 23 ballots separate two biggest parties". Euronews. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Keine Überraschung bei der FBP". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 18 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "VU präsentiert Regierungsteam für Wahlen 2017". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Wahlen 2017: DU will 15 Prozent". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Landtagswahlen 2017: So viele Kandidaten wie noch nie". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Liechtenstein populist party gains ground in parliamentary elections". DW News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "The 2017 elections in Liechtenstein: Slight changes and a stronger parliamentary opposition". Party Systems & Governments Observatory. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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