1989 Liechtenstein general election

1989 Liechtenstein general election

3 and 5 March 1989
All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.88%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Hans Brunhart 47.15 13 +5 FBP Herbert Wille 42.13 12 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Hans Brunhart VU Hans Brunhart VU

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 and 5 March 1989. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag, which had been enlarged by 10 seats compared to the 1986 elections. Voter turnout was 91%.[1] Early elections were called due to the Kunsthaus case, where the Progressive Citizens' Party's Landtag members resigned in protest to the VU refusing to support an investigation into power abuse by the Liechtenstein state court in 1985.[2]

This was the first and only election contested by the Non-Party List, a political grouping attempting to prevent either the VU or FBP from forming a majority.[3]

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.[4] All citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.[1]

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU	FL	ULL
	Josef Biedermann Rösle Eberle Louis Gassner Theo Gassner Martin Jehle Johann Kindle Mario Negele Alois Ospelt Gert Risch Georg Schierscher Evi Sochin Anton Vogt Dieter Walch Ernst Walch	Karlheinz Ritter Alfons Schädler Emma Brogle Paul Kindle Helmuth Matt Georg Vogt Reinhard Walser Hildegard Beck Hans Peter Foser Walter Schädler Valerie Schädler Xaver Schädler Patrick Hilty Rita Frick Franz Wachter	Gerda Bicker Helen Marxer Sonja Wachter Margrit Willie Ludwig Frommelt Peter Frommelt Hilmar Hoch Hansjörg Hilti Georg Kaufmann Wilfred Marxer Paul Vogt	Leo Sele Hans Walter Büchel Rainer Ospelt Hans-Peter Rheinbeger Rudolf Schädler Josef Büchel
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL	ULL
	Hugo Allgäuer Josef Büchel Pius Büchel Emma Eigenmann Roland Elkuch Otmar Hasler Felix Hassler Carl Kaiser Franz Marxer Heinz Ritter	Hermann Hassler Günther Wohlwend Beat Hasler Karl-Heinz Oehri Edwin Marxer Walter Oehry Helga Schindler Manfred Biedermann Irmgard Spalt Oswald Kranz	Bernd Erne Toni Ritter	Gerti Marxer
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	75,417	47.15	13	+5
	Progressive Citizens' Party	67,382	42.13	12	+5
	Free List	12,090	7.56	0	0
	Non-Party List	5,061	3.16	0	New
Total		159,950	100.00	25	+10
Valid votes		11,957	98.87
Invalid/blank votes		137	1.13
Total votes		12,094	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,307	90.88
Source: IPU

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	15		Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Helmuth Matt Alfons Schädler Walter Schädler Reinhard Walser Georg Vogt Karlheinz Ritter Patrick Hilty	Xaver Schädler Franz Wachter	58,170	48.10	8
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Josef Biedermann Dieter Walch Alois Ospelt Johann Kindle Martin Jehle Georg Schierscher Ernst Walch	Louis Gassner Anton Vogt	48,376	40.00	7
			Free List	–	–	9,830	8.13	0
			Non-Party List	–	–	4,554	3.77	0
Unterland	10		Progressive Citizens' Party	Emma Eigenmann-Schädler Otmar Hasler Josef Büchel Heinz Ritter Carl Kaiser	Hugo Allgäuer	18,941	48.82	5
			Patriotic Union	Günther Wohlwend Oswald Kranz Manfred Biedermann Walter Oehry Hermann Hassler	Karlheinz Oehri	17,123	44.13	5
			Free List	–	–	2,228	5.74	0
			Non-Party List	–	–	508	1.31	0
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1989, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

1. Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Staatsgerichtshofaffäre (Kunsthausfall)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
3. "The Parties: Political landscape after 1945". Prince and People: Liechtenstein Civics (in German). School Office of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
4. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.