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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 15 February 1953.[1] The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag,[2] but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.[3] This was the first and only election contested by the Workers' and Peasants' Party.
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 18% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag.[4] Only males were eligible to vote.[5]
Candidates
| Oberland | FBP | VU | UEK |
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| Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt | |||
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 1,458 | 50.54 | 8 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | 1,229 | 42.60 | 7 | 0 | |
| Workers' and Peasants' Party | 198 | 6.86 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,885 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,885 | 95.62 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 132 | 4.38 | |||
| Total votes | 3,017 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,333 | 90.52 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By electoral district
| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Elected members | Substitutes | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Oberland | 9 | 2,194 | Patriotic Union |
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867 | 45.3 | 5 | |
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849 | 44.4 | 4 | ||||
| Workers' and Peasants' Party | – | – | 198 | 10.3 | 0 | ||||
| Unterland | 6 | 1,139 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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609 | 62.7 | 4 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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362 | 37.3 | 2 | ||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[6] | |||||||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1165 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1182
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1157
- ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ Paul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
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