Liechtenstein general election, 2009

Liechtenstein general election, 2009
8 February 2009 (2009-02-08)
All 25 seats in the Landtag

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Adolf Heeb Ernst Walch Wolfgang Marxer
Party VU FBP FL
Seats before 10 12 3
Seats after 13 11 1
Seat change +3 -1 -2
Popular vote 95,219 86,951 17,835
Percentage 47.61 43.48 8.92
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 8 February 2009.[1] While polls and pundits predicted few changes, the Christian democratic Patriotic Union (VU) gained an outright majority in the Landtag, whilst the national conservative Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) and the green social democratic Free List (FL) both suffered losses.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Patriotic Union95,21947.613+3
Progressive Citizens' Party86,95143.511–1
Free List17,8358.91–2
Invalid/blank votes524–––
Total15,650100250
Registered voters/turnout18,49384.6––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]
Popular vote
VU
 
 47.6%
FBP
 
 43.5%
FL
 
 8.9%
Parliamentary seats
VU
 
 52.0%
FBP
 
 44.0%
FL
 
 4.0%

References

  1. ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2009" (in German). 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Zeichen stehen auf Große Koalition" (in German). Der Standard. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  3. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p2050 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


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