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Liechtenstein 1982 1989 31 January and 2 February 1986 1986 Liechtenstein general election 15 seats in the Landtag 8 Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) Hans Brunhart 50.19 8 8 Progressive Citizens' Party Herbert Wille 42.75 7 7 Prime Minister Hans Brunhart Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) Hans Brunhart Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) 1970 Liechtenstein election map.svg Results by constituency 93.32% ( 2.05pp)
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.Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union 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.31 December 2011 Eigenmann-Schädler, Emma https://historisches-lexikon.li/Eigenmann-Sch%C3%A4dler,_Emma 10 November 2023 Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein de They were also the first elections to use campaign posters.Marxer Wilfred Fabian Frommelt 31 December 2011 Wahlen https://historisches-lexikon.li/Wahlen 28 August 2024 Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein de
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.Marxer Wilfred Frommelt Fabian 31 December 2011 Wahlsysteme https://historisches-lexikon.li/Wahlsysteme?marker=Gemeindewahlen 17 November 2024 Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein de All citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.
Candidates
OberlandFBPVUFL Herbert Batliner
Josef Biedermann
Rony Frick
Rösle Eberle-Kind
Heidi Wanger-Ritter
Louis Gassner
Dieter Walch
Johann Kindle
Gerhard Risch Karlheinz Ritter
Alfons Schädler
Emma Brogle-Sele
Paul Kindle
Helmuth Matt
Reinhard Walser
Georg Vogt
Hildegard Beck
Hanspeter Foser Gerda Bicker-Brunhart
Peter Frommelt
Hansjörg Hilti
Hilmar Hoch
Helmuth Marxer
Regina Marxer
Barbara Rheinberger
Kurt WachterUnterlandFBPVUFL Josef Büchel
Emma Eigenmann
Felix Hassler
Heinz Ritter
Roland Elkuch
Franz Marxer Hermann Hassler
Günther Wohlwend
Magda Batliner-Meier
Karl-Heinz Oehri
Beat Hasler
Edwin Marxer Bernd Erne
Annelies Heeb-Breuss
Toni RitterSource: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
Results
File:Landtag liechtenstein 1970-1986.svg Patriotic Union 46793 8 0 Progressive Citizens' Party 39853 7 0 Free List 6582 0 New 11612 64 0 12512 Nohlen & StöverNohlen Stöver 2010 1181
By electoral district
Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SeatsOberland9Patriotic Union*Paul Kindle
Helmuth Matt
Alfons Schädler
Georg Vogt
Karlheinz Ritter*Wasler Reinhard
Foser Hanspeter
Emma Brogle-Sele
Hildegard Beck36,23551.315Progressive Citizens' Party*Josef Biedermann
Johann Kindle
Dieter Walch
Louis Gassner*Rony Frick
Rösle Eberle-Kind29,00141.064Unterland6Progressive Citizens' Party*Emma Eigenmann-Schädler
Josef Büchel
Heinz Ritter*Roland Elkuch
Felix Hasler
Franz Marxer10,81647.943Patriotic Union*Günther Wohlwend
Beat Hasler
Hermann Hassler*Karlheinz Oehri
Edwin Marxer10,54446.733Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1986, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
References
Bibliography
Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Elections in Europe: A data handbook Stöver Philip 2010 Nomos 978-3-8329-5609-7
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