1949 Liechtenstein general election

1949 Liechtenstein general election
Liechtenstein
← 1945 6 February 1949 February 1953 →
All 15 seats in the Landtag
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout92.30% (Decrease 1.81pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
FBP Alexander Frick 52.93 8 0
VU Otto Schaedler 47.07 7 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
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Alexander Frick
FBP		 Alexander Frick
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 6 February 1949.[1] The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag,[2] but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.[3]

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 18% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag.[4] Only males were eligible to vote.[5]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Citizens' Party1,55552.9380
Patriotic Union1,38347.0770
Total2,938100.00150
Valid votes2,93896.90
Invalid/blank votes943.10
Total votes3,032100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,28592.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By electoral district

Electoral district Seats Electorate Party Elected members Substitutes Votes % Seats
Oberland 9 2,178 Patriotic Union
1,018 52.1 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • David Strub
  • Fidel Brunhart
  • Tobias Jehle
  • Engelbert Schädler
  • Josef Negele
  • Johann Beck
  • Emil Falk
 935 47.9 4
Unterland 6 1,107 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Johann Georg Hasler
  • Hugo Kind
 620 62.9 4
Patriotic Union
365 37.1 2
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[6]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1165 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1182
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1157
  4. ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. ^ Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  6. ^ Paul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.


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