1982 Liechtenstein general election

← 1978

5 and 7 February 1982

1986 →

15 seats in the Landtag
8 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

95.37%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	VU	Hans Brunhart	53.47	8	0
	FBP	Hilmar Ospelt	46.53	7	0

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

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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 5 and 7 February 1982. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 95%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.

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. Only parties and lists with more than 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag. Only males aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	20,997	53.47	8	0
	Progressive Citizens' Party	18,273	46.53	7	0
Total		39,270	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		4,909	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		94	1.88
Total votes		5,003	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,246	95.37
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	9	Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Georg Gstöhl Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger Karlheinz Ritter	August Beck Franz Beck Elias Nigg Peter Wolff	16,191	55.01	5
Oberland	9	Progressive Citizens' Party	Josef Biedermann Noldi Frommelt Louis Gassner Dieter Walch	Eugen Büchel Edwin Kindle Richard Schierscher Peter Hemmerle	13,239	44.98	4

Unterland	6	Progressive Citizens' Party	Beat Marxer Armin Meier Josef Büchel	Walter Marxer Felix Hassler Franz Elkuch	5,006	50.99	3
Unterland	6	Patriotic Union	Franz Meier Günther Wohlwend Hermann Hassler	Anton Hoop Karlheinz Oehri Franz Oehri	4,810	49.00	3

Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1982, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

^ Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1180–1183 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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