1997 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 2 February 1997 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Patriotic Union (VU) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) winning ten. The Free List (FL) won two seats. Voter turnout was 86.8%.^[1]

1997 Liechtenstein general election

← October 1993 2 February 1997 2001 →
All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.77% ( 1.46pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Mario Frick 49.23 13 0 FBP Thomas Büchel 39.20 10 −1 FL 11.57 2 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mario Frick VU Mario Frick VU

Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Thomas Büchel, was the FBP's nomination for prime minister.^[2] The party received 39.2% of the vote, the lowest in its history to that point.^[3] The party subsequently ended the coalition with the VU that had existed since 1938 and moved into the opposition.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU	FL
	Hedi Beck Christian Brunhart Arthur Büchel David Falk Gebhard Hoch Elmar Kindle Helmut Konrad Elisabeth Marxer-Ospelt Marco Ospelt Werner Ospelt Pio Schurti Peter Sele Karlheinz Vogt Klaus Wanger	Harald Bühler Norbert Bürzle Erina Frick Fridolin Frick Magdalena Frommelt Walter Hartmann Lorenz Heeb Dorothée Laternser Karlheinz Ospelt Volker Rheinberger Hubert Sele Peter Sprenger Walter Vogt Ronny Walser Peter Wolff	Evelyne Bermann Jutta Büchel Kaspar Frick René Hasler Claudia Heeb-Fleck Christel Hilti-Kaufmann Hans Frommelt Helen Marxer-Bulloni Nikolaus Ruther Paul Vogt Markus Wille
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL
	Otmar Hasler Arno Kind Rudolf Lampert Gabriel Marxer Johannes Matt Felix Näscher Gaudenz Öhri Roswitha Schafhauser Herlinde Tiefenthaler-Mündle Renate Wohlwend	Otto Büchel Hansjörg Goop Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Oswald Kranz Isolde Lanter Viktor Meier Manfred Nipp Donath Oehri Ossi Oehri Susanne Schneider	Ingrid Allaart-Batliner Linda Mündle-Büchel Egon Matt Adolf Ritter Dominik Sele Rosemarie Schädler-Matt
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	82,786	49.23	13	0
	Progressive Citizens' Party	65,914	39.20	10	–1
	Free List	19,455	11.57	2	+1
Total		168,155	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		12,634	98.62
Invalid/blank votes		177	1.38
Total votes		12,811	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,765	86.77
Source: IPU

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
Oberland	15		Patriotic Union	Peter Wolff Karlheinz Ospelt Peter Sprenger Hubert Sele Walter Hartmann Norbert Bürzle Volker Rheinberger Lorenz Heeb	Walter Vogt Dorothée Laternser	63,860	50.9	0.19	8	0
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Alois Beck Gebhard Hoch Klaus Wanger Marco Ospelt Elmar Kindle Helmut Konrad	Christian Brunhart Arthur Büchel	47,143	37.5	2.34	6	0
			Free List	Paul Vogt	Christel Hilti-Kaufmann	14,382	11.4	2.39	1	0
Unterland	10		Patriotic Union	Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Oswald Kranz Otto Büchel Donath Oehri Hansjörg Goop	Viktor Meier	18,895	44.2	2.98	5	0
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Otmar Hasler Johannes Matt Gabriel Marxer Rudolf Lampert	Renate Wohlwend	18,748	43.9	1.98	4	1
			Free List	Egon Matt	Adolf Ritter	5,067	11.9	4.95	1	1
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1998, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

See also

• Elections in Liechtenstein
• List of Liechtenstein general elections