1974 Liechtenstein general election

1974 Liechtenstein general election
	All 15 seats in the Landtag; 8 seats needed for a majority
	Results by constituency
Alfred Hilbe; VU	Walter Kieber; FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 1 and 3 February 1974. The result was a victory for the Progressive Citizens' Party, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 95%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.^[1] This was the last election contested by the Christian Social Party.

Electoral system

The 15 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 9 seats and Unterland with 6 seats. The electoral threshold to be eligible to win seats in the Landtag had been reintroduced in 1973, but at a lowered 8%. The majority clause that had been in use since 1958 had been abolished in 1973.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	17,332	50.08	8	1
	Patriotic Union	16,356	47.26	7	–1
	Christian Social Party	922	2.66	0	0
Total		34,610	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		4,320	99.04
Invalid/blank votes		42	0.96
Total votes		4,362	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,572	95.41
Source: Nohlen & Stöver^[3]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats		Elected members	Substitutes	Seats
Oberland	9	Progressive Citizens' Party	Hilmar Ospelt Emanuel Vogt Peter Marxer Noldi Frommelt Josef Frommelt	Josef Bidermann Gerold Hilbe Eugen Büchel Rudolf Schädler	5
Oberland	9	Patriotic Union	Karlheinz Ritter Herbert Kindle Johann Beck Franz Beck	Georg Gstöhl Wolfgang Feger Adolf Heeb Horst Seger	4

Unterland	6	Progressive Citizens' Party	Gerard Batliner Ernst Büchel Anton Gerner	Engelbert Kranz Josef Oehri	3
Unterland	6	Patriotic Union	Franz Nägele Cyrill Büchel Werner Gstöhl	Hubert Öhri Andreas Hoop Anton Marxer	3

Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1977

References

^ Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ 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, pp1180–1182 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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[1] Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union

[: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, pp1180–1182 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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