1958 Liechtenstein general election

1958 Liechtenstein general election

23 March 1958
All 15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	96.44% ( 3.05pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FBP Alexander Frick 54.47 9 +1 VU Otto Schaedler 45.53 6 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Alexander Frick FBP Alexander Frick FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 23 March 1958.^[1] The elections were called ahead of schedule after the Patriotic Union members of the Landtag resigned over a dispute regarding the electoral law.^[2] The Progressive Citizens' Party won nine of the 15 seats in the Landtag,^[3] but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.^[4]

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. The elections was the first to use a majority clause, where the party with the most votes would also have the most seats.^[5] Only males were eligible to vote.^[6]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	1,839	54.47	9	+1
	Patriotic Union	1,537	45.53	6	–1
Total		3,376	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		3,376	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		42	1.23
Total votes		3,418	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,544	96.44
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Electorate	Party		Elected members	Substitutes	Votes	%	Seats
Oberland	9	2,381		Progressive Citizens' Party	Josef Hoop Martin Risch Meinrad Ospelt Fidel Brunhart Stefan Wachter	Hans Gassner Franz Josef Schurte Josef Büchel	1,171	52.1	5
				Patriotic Union	Johann Beck Alois Vogt Roman Gassner Andreas Vogt	Walter Oehri Hans Hilti Gustav Ospelt	1,076	47.9	4
Unterland	6	1,163		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alfons Büchel Leo Gerner Ernst Büchel Georg Oehri	Engelbert Kranz Josef Oehri	668	59.2	4
				Patriotic Union	Alois Oehri Paul Oehri	Johann Georg Hasler Franz Nägele	461	40.8	2
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[7]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1165 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Frick, Alexander". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1182
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1157
5. Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
6. Frick, Julia (31 December 2011). "Frauenstimm- und -wahlrecht". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
7. Paul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.