2005 Liechtenstein general election

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]

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)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FBP Otmar Hasler 48.74 12 −1 VU Klaus Tschütscher 38.23 10 −1 FL Pepo Frick 13.03 3 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Otmar Hasler FBP Otmar Hasler FBP

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
	Alois Beck Peter Lampert Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Klaus Wanger Doris Frommelt Josy Biedermann Thomas Gstöhl Urs Vogt Christa Eberle Krt Eberle Patrick Schürmann Hansrudi Sele Angelika Tinner-Wolf Monika Forster	Hugo Quaderer Arthur Brunhart Gebhard Negele Heinz Vogt Jürgen Beck Harry Quaderer Henrik Caduff Rony Bargetze Ronald Büchel Ursula Schädler Christian Ritter Barbara Ritter-Hagen Waltraud Schlegel-Biedermann Corina Beck Conny Bieri-Frommelt	Pepo Frick Paul Vogt Claudia Heeb-Fleck Georg Kaufmann Hansjörg Hilti Luzia Walch-Schädler Werner Schädler
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL
	Markus Büchel Renate Wohlwend Johannes Kaiser Franz Heeb Rudolf Lampert Adrian Gstöhl Herbert Kind Monica Bereiter-Amann Helmut Bühler Fredi Hilti	Ivo Klein Günther Kranz Doris Beck Marlies Amann-Marxer Alexander Marxer Ursula Diana Oehry Peter Kranz Peter Frommelt Hannes Horst Lorenz Hannes Clavadetscher	Andrea Matt Wolfgang Marxer Stefanie Von Grünigen-Sele
Source: Landtagswahlen 2005

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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 won	+/–
Oberland	15	11,499		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alois Beck Peter Lampert Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Klaus Wanger Doris Frommelt Josy Biedermann	Thomas Gstöhl Urs Vogt	66,389	46.7	1.4	7	0
				Patriotic Union	Hugo Quaderer Arthur Brunhart Gebhard Negele Heinz Vogt Jürgen Beck Harry Quaderer	Henrik Caduff Rony Bargetze	55,372	39.0	3.3	6	1
				Free List	Pepo Frick Paul Vogt	Claudia Heeb-Fleck	20,319	14.3	4.7	2	1
Unterland	10	5,929		Progressive Citizens' Party	Markus Büchel Renate Wohlwend Johannes Kaiser Franz Heeb Rudolf Lampert	Adrian Gstöhl	28,156	54.3	0.6	5	1
				Patriotic Union	Ivo Klein Günther Kranz Doris Beck Marlies Amann-Marxer	Alexander Marxer	18,790	36.2	2.5	4	0
				Free List	Andrea Matt	Wolfgang Marxer	4,954	9.5	3.1	1	1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2005

See also

• Elections in Liechtenstein
• List of Liechtenstein general elections