February 1993 Liechtenstein general election

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February 1993 Liechtenstein general election
Liechtenstein
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25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
VU Hans Brunhart 45.4 11 −2
FBP Markus Büchel 44.2 12 0
FL 10.4 2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hans Brunhart
VU
Markus Büchel
FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 7 February 1993. Although the Patriotic Union won the most votes, the Progressive Citizens' Party won the most seats, whilst the Free List obtained representation in the Landtag the first time. Voter turnout was 87.54%.[1] Fresh elections were subsequently held in October.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Patriotic Union 73,217 45.4 11 –2
Progressive Citizens' Party 71,209 44.2 12 0
Free List 16,724 10.4 2 +2
Invalid/blank votes 163
Total 12,255 100 25 0
Registered voters/turnout 13,999 87.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[2]

Note that the total number of votes is lower than the total for the parties, as each voter has as many votes as there are seats in a constituency, and thus can cast multiple votes.

Popular vote
VU
45.4%
FBP
44.2%
FL
10.4%
Parliamentary seats
FBP
48.0%
VU
44.0%
FL
8.0%

References

  1. ^ Dataset: Liechtenstein: Parliamentary Election 1993 - February European Election Database
  2. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7