2005 Liechtenstein general election
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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 86.45% ( 0.34pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 13 March 2005 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) remained the largest party in the Landtag but lost its majority, winning twelve seats, with the Patriotic Union (VU) winning ten. The Free List (FL) won three seats. Voter turnout was 86.5%.[1]
Following the election, the FBP and VU formed a renewed coalition, which had previously ended in 1997.[2]
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.[3]
Candidates
| Oberland | FBP | VU | FL |
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| Unterland | FBP | VU | FL |
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| Source: Landtagswahlen 2005 | |||
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Progressive Citizens' Party | 94,545 | 48.74 | 12 | –1 | |
| Patriotic Union | 74,162 | 38.23 | 10 | –1 | |
| Free List | 25,273 | 13.03 | 3 | +2 | |
| Total | 193,980 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,663 | 97.32 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 404 | 2.68 | |||
| Total votes | 15,067 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,428 | 86.45 | |||
| Source: Landtagswahlen | |||||
By electoral district
| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Substitutes | Votes | % | Swing | Seats
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| Oberland | 15 | 11,499 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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66,389 | 46.7 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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55,372 | 39.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Free List |
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20,319 | 14.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Unterland | 10 | 5,929 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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28,156 | 54.3 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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18,790 | 36.2 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Free List |
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4,954 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Source: Landtagswahlen 2005 | |||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1166 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Koalition". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.