1978 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 1978. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag, despite the Progressive Citizens' Party receiving more votes. Voter turnout was 95.7%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.^[1]

1978 Liechtenstein general election

← 1974 3 February 1978 1982 →
15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.72% ( 0.38pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FBP Walter Kieber 50.85 7 −1 VU Hans Brunhart 49.15 8 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Walter Kieber FBP Hans Brunhart VU

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.^[2] Only male citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.^[1][3]

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU
	Peter Marxer Emanuel Vogt Noldi Frommelt Hilmar Ospelt Josef Frommelt Josef Biedermann Louis Gassner Klaus Wanger Peter Frick	Karlheinz Ritter Alfred Hilbe Georg Gstöhl Franz Beck Wolfgang Feger August Beck Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger Elias Nigg
Unterland	FBP	VU
	Gerard Batliner Ernst Büchel Armin Meier Adolf Kranz Hubert Oehri Franz Elkuch	Walter Oehry Werner Gstöhl Hermann Hassler Franz Meier Anton Hoop Franz Oehri
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	18,872	50.85	7	–1
	Patriotic Union	18,244	49.15	8	+1
Total		37,116	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		4,625	99.04
Invalid/blank votes		45	0.96
Total votes		4,670	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,879	95.72
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[4]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	9		Patriotic Union	Karlheinz Ritter Alfons Schädler Franz Beck Wolfgang Feger Georg Gstöhl	Ludwig Seger August Beck Alfred Hilbe Elias Nigg	14,058	50.03	5
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Peter Marxer Hilmar Ospelt Noldi Frommelt Josef Biedermann	Josef Frommelt Emanuel Vogt Louis Gassner Klaus Wanger	14,040	49.97	4
Unterland	6		Progressive Citizens' Party	Gerard Batliner Ernst Büchel Armin Meier	Adolf Kranz Hubert Öhri Franz Elkuch	4,832	53.58	3
			Patriotic Union	Franz Meier Hermann Hassler Walter Oehry	Anton Hoop Franz Ohri Werner Gstöhl	4,186	46.42	3
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt