William Dalrymple (historian)

2013 Liechtenstein general election

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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.80% ( 4.84pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FBP Adrian Hasler 40.00 10 −1 VU Thomas Zwiefelhofer 33.55 8 −5 DU Harry Quaderer 15.32 4 New FL Derya Kesci & Pepo Frick 11.13 3 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Klaus Tschütscher VU Adrian Hasler FBP

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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 2013 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag.^[1] The Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won ten seats, with the Patriotic Union (VU) winning eight. The Independents (DU), which had been formed earlier in the year, won four seats. The Free List won three seats. It was the first time that four parties won seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 79.8%.

The previous elections in 2009 were won by the Patriotic Union which managed to secure an absolute majority of the seats (13 out of 25). Despite winning a parliamentary majority, the Patriotic Union chose to form a coalition with the conservative Progressive Citizens' Party, which won 11 seats. The Free List won a single seat and became the opposition party.

Prime Minister Klaus Tschuetscher's term in office was marked by an effort to move the country away from being a tax haven. Prior to the election Tschuetscher, who is a member of the Patriotic Union (VU) party, declared he would not be seeking the premiership for a second term.^[2]

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]

The constituency of Unterland consists of the municipalities of Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Ruggell and Schellenberg. The other constituency, Oberland, consists of the municipalities of Balzers, Planken, Schaan, Triesen, Triesenberg and Vaduz.

On 28 January 2013, the newspaper Liechtensteiner Vaterland published a poll in which they asked their readers, "Which party conducted the best election campaign?" About 10,000 people responded, and the results of the poll were as follows:^[4]

This was the first election in Liechtenstein in which four different political groups have won seats in the Landtag.^[5] The success of The Independents was considered by observers to be a result of protest votes against austerity measures in the country.^[5][6] It was also postulated that greater diversity in the Landtag was a result of a decreased partisanship of voters.^[7]

Patriotic Union members expressed their disappointment at the result.^[8] The VU suffered a large defeat, losing more than a third of its seats. The Progressive Citizens' Party lost one seat.^[5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	77,644	40.00	10	–1
	Patriotic Union	65,118	33.55	8	–5
	The Independents	29,739	15.32	4	New
	Free List	21,604	11.13	3	+2
Total		194,105	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		14,723	95.83
Invalid/blank votes		640	4.17
Total votes		15,363	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,251	79.80
Source: Landtagswahlen

Electoral district	Seats	Electorate	Party		Candidates	Subsititutes	Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	+/–
Oberland	15	12,521		Progressive Citizens' Party	Christian Batliner Alois Beck Wendelin Lampert Christine Wohlwend Albert Frick Eugen Nägele	Norman Marxer Helmuth Büchel	55,233	39.3	2.5	6	0
				Patriotic Union	Frank Konrad Christoph Wenaweser Thomas Vogt Christoph Beck Karin Rüdisser-Quaderer	Manfred Kaufmann	48,586	34.6	14.3	5	3
				The Independents	Harry Quaderer Pio Schurti	Thomas Rehak	20,748	14.8	New	2	New
				Free List	Helen Konzett Bargetze Thomas Lageder	Andreas Heeb	16,058	11.4	2.0	2	2
Unterland	10	6,730		Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser Elfried Hasler Gerold Büchel Manfred Batliner	Rainer Goop	22,411	41.9	6.3	4	1
				Patriotic Union	Judith Öhri Violanda Lanter-Koller Peter Büchel	Rainer Goop	16,532	30.9	13.3	3	2
				The Independents	Herbert Elkuch Erich Hasler	Peter Wachter	8,991	16.8	New	2	New
				Free List	Wolfgang Marxer	Patrick Risch	5,546	10.4	2.7	1	1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2013

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