October 1993 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 24 October 1993 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. Early elections were called following prime minister Markus Büchel being subject to a successful motion of no confidence at the request of his own party, the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP).^[1] The Patriotic Union (VU) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the FBP winning eleven. The Free List (FL) won one seat. Voter turnout was 85.3%.^[2]

October 1993 Liechtenstein general election

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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.31% ( 2.23pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– VU Mario Frick 50.12 13 +2 FBP Josef Biedermann 41.34 11 −1 FL Collective leadership 8.54 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Markus Büchel FBP Mario Frick VU

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
	Peter Banzer Alois Beck Helga Beck-Meier Christian Brunhart Thomas Büchel Reinold Bühler Antonia Frick-Ospelt Gebhard Hoch Xaver Hoch Guido Meier Werner Ospelt René Vogt Dieter Walch Ernst Walch Klaus Wanger	Luzia Büchel-Sele Norbert Bürzle Alice Fehr-Heidegger Walter Hartmann Lorenz Heeb Lorenz Jehle Paul Kindle Edith Maier-Vogt Karlheinz Ospelt Hans Quaderer Volker Rheinbeger Walter Schädler Hubert Sele Walter Vogt Peter Wolff	Evelyne Bermann Gerda Bicker-Brunhart Claudia Heeb-Fleck Christel Hilti-Kaufmann Maria Madl-Sprenger Hans Frommelt Ludwig Frommelt René Hasler Konrad Kindle Clemens Kaufmann Clemens Laternser Helmuth Marxer Daniel Miescher Josef Schädler Paul Vogt
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL
	Josef Büchel Otmar Hasler Franz Hoop Carl Kaiser Elisabeth Kaufmann-Büchel Rudolf Lampert Gabriel Marxer Johannes Matt Michael Sochin Renate Wohlwend	Manfred Biedermann Otto Büchel Hansjörg Goop Egon Gstöhl Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Arnold Kind Oswald Kranz Donath Oehri Theo Oehri Walter Oehry	Ingrid Allaart-Batliner Rosemarie Schädler-Matt Wolfgang Marxer Markus Büchel
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	78,898	50.12	13	+2
	Progressive Citizens' Party	65,075	41.34	11	–1
	Free List	13,447	8.54	1	–1
Total		157,420	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		11,799	98.19
Invalid/blank votes		218	1.81
Total votes		12,017	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,086	85.31
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[4]

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	15		Patriotic Union	Paul Kindle Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Norbert Bürzle Karlheinz Ospelt Hubert Sele Lorenz Heeb Volker Rheinberger	Walter Vogt Hans Quaderer	60,440	51.09	8
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Xaver Hoch Gebhard Hoch Werner Ospelt Alois Beck Klaus Wanger Thomas Büchel	Guido Meier Ernst Walch	47,125	39.84	6
			Free List	Paul Vogt		10,725	9.01	1
Unterland	10		Patriotic Union	Egon Gstöhl Oswald Kranz Manfred Biedermann Otto Büchel Ingrid Hassler-Gerner	Hansjörg Goop	18,460	47.18	5
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Otmar Hasler Renate Wohlwend Gabriel Marxer Rudolf Lampert Johannes Matt	Josef Büchel	17,951	45.88	5
			Free List	–	–	2,719	6.95	0
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1993, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt