April 1926 Liechtenstein general election
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5 April 1926
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All 15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 93.47% ( 1.09pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 5 April 1926 to elect the 15 members of the Landtag.[1] Early elections were called due to a government crisis where the Christian-Social People's Party (VP) refused to elect Ludwig Marxer of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) to government. The VP won won nine seats and retained its majority in the Landtag, with the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) winning six.
The election saw no change to the seat distribution, thus the government crisis continued. The crisis only came to an end after the summer recess of the Landtag when Marxer resigned as a government candidate and Peter Büchel was elected instead. As such, the majority government led by prime minister Gustav Schädler remained.
Electoral system
The 15 members of the Landtag were elected via a majority system from two constituencies, Oberland with 9 seats and Unterland with 6 seats. Candidates that received the majority of votes in a constituency were elected. If a constituency did not receive enough elected candidates, then a second round would be held.[2] Only men aged 21 and above were eligible to vote.[3][4]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian-Social People's Party | 8,598 | 52.19 | 9 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 7,875 | 47.81 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,473 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 2,090 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,236 | 93.47 | |||
| Source: Vogt[5] | |||||
By electoral district
| Electoral district | Seats | Party | Elected members | Votes | Seats won | +/– | |
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| Oberland | 9 | Christian-Social People's Party |
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6644 | 9 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | – | 5495 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Unterland | 6 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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2380 | 6 | 0 | |
| Christian-Social People's Party | – | 1954 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Source: Vogt[5] | |||||||
References
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver 2010, p. 1164.
- ↑ Marxer, Wilfried; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ Marxer, Wilfried; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Stimm- und Wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- 1 2 Vogt 1987, p. 206.
Bibliography
- Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag (in German). Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
