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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 31 January and 2 February 1986. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party won seven seats, whilst the new Free List was less than 1% short of the 8% electoral threshold and failed to win a seat.[1] Voter turnout was 93.3%.
They were the first elections in which women could vote, as until the passing of a referendum in 1984, suffrage had been limited to men. Emma Eigenmann was the only woman elected, becoming the first female member of the Landtag.[2] They were also the first elections to use campaign posters.[3]
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 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag.[4] All citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.[1]
Candidates
| Oberland | FBP | VU | FL |
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| Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt | |||
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Patriotic Union | 46,793 | 50.19 | 8 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 39,853 | 42.75 | 7 | 0 | |
| Free List | 6,582 | 7.06 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 93,228 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 11,612 | 99.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 64 | 0.55 | |||
| Total votes | 11,676 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,512 | 93.32 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver[5] | |||||
By electoral district
| Electoral district | Seats | Party | Elected members | Substitutes | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Oberland | 9 | Patriotic Union |
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36,235 | 51.31 | 5 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
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29,001 | 41.06 | 4 | |||
| Unterland | 6 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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10,816 | 47.94 | 3 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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10,544 | 46.73 | 3 | |||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1986, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ "Eigenmann-Schädler, Emma". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Fabian, Frommelt (31 December 2011). "Wahlen". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1181 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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