2009 Liechtenstein general election

2009 Liechtenstein general election
Liechtenstein
8 February 2009 (2009-02-08)
All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.64% (Decrease 1.81pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
VUKlaus Tschütscher47.6113+3
FBPOtmar Hasler43.4711−1
FLEgon Matt
Claudia Heeb-Fleck		8.921−2
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 Otmar Hasler sought re-election for 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

OberlandFBPVUFL
  • Pepo Frick
  • Helen Konzett Bargetze
  • Claudia Heeb-Fleck
  • Andreas Heeb
  • Albert Eberle
  • Ibrahim Türkyilmaz
  • Astrid Walser
UnterlandFBPVUFL
  • 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
Source: Landtagswahlen 2009

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Patriotic Union95,21947.6113+3
Progressive Citizens' Party86,95143.4711–1
Free List17,8358.921–2
Total200,005100.00250
Valid votes15,12696.64
Invalid/blank votes5263.36
Total votes15,652100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,49384.64
Source: Landtagswahlen

By electoral district

Electoral districtSeatsElectoratePartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SwingSeats

won

+/–
Oberland1512,105Patriotic Union
71,46948.9Increase 9.98Increase 2
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Helmuth Büchel
  • Stefan Wenaweser
61,03341.7Decrease 5.06Decrease 1
Free List
  • Helen Konzett Bargetze
13,7339.4Decrease 4.91Decrease 1
Unterland106,388Patriotic Union
  • Dominik Oehri
23,75044.2Increase 8.05Increase 1
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Hubert Lampert
25,91554.3Decrease 6.150
Free List––4,1027.6Decrease 1.90Decrease 1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2009

See also

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.


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