2001 Liechtenstein general election

2001 Liechtenstein general election

9–11 February 2001
All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.11%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FBP Otmar Hasler 49.90 13 +3 VU Mario Frick 41.35 11 −2 FL Christel Hitli 8.76 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mario Frick VU Otmar Hasler FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein between 9 and 11 February 2001 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the Patriotic Union (VU) winning eleven. The Free List (FL) won one seat. Voter turnout was 86.1%.

Following the election, the VU moved into the opposition.

Electoral system

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.

Campaign

Incumbent prime minister Mario Frick sought a third term, and was re-nominated by the Patriotic Union on 30 October 2000. The party sought to maintain the majority government that it had gained in the 1997 elections.

The Progressive Citizens' Party nominated Otmar Hasler for prime minister on 18 October. Hasler stated in an interview with Radio Liechtenstein that he was open to the formation of a coalition government.

Candidates

Oberland	FBP	VU	FL
	Alois Beck Peter Lampert Klaus Wanger Helmut Konrad Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Adrian Hasler Marco Ospelt Christian Brunhart Bettina Kaiser Anja Meier-Eberle Gottlieb Risch Ruth Büchel Stephan Banzer Christian Goop	Peter Sprenger Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Erich Sprenger Hugo Quaderer Dorothee Laternser Walter Vogt Rudolf Hagen Roland Büchel Bernadette Brunhart Alexander Sele Remo Vogt Marion Seeger Maja Marxer-Schädler Heike Walser	Paul Vogt Christel Hilti-Kaufmann Regina Frick Ingrid Kaufmann-Sele Daniela Meier-Wille Mona Gross Monika Kunz-Frick Sigvard Wohlwend
Unterland	FBP	VU	FL
	Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Markus Büchel Rudolf Lampert Jürgen Zech Helmut Büchel Monica Bereiter-Amann Eduard Büchel Gerlinde Büchel Alois Blank	Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Donath Oehri Otto Büchel Ivo Klein Alexander Marxer Peter Kranz Doris Beck-Büchel Hansjörg Büchel Ursula Diana Oehry Günther Wohlwend	Adolf Ritter Doris Hassler Erwin Gassner Robert Kind
Source: Landtagswahlen 2001

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	92,204	49.90	13	+3
	Patriotic Union	76,402	41.35	11	–2
	Free List	16,184	8.76	1	–1
Total		184,790	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		13,919	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		160	1.14
Total votes		14,079	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		16,350	86.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Electorate	Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	+/–
Oberland	15	10,961		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alois Beck Peter Lampert Klaus Wanger Helmut Konrad Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Adrian Hasler	65,878	48.2	10.6	7	1
				Patriotic Union	Peter Sprenger Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Erich Sprenger Hugo Quaderer Dorothee Laternser Walter Vogt	57,816	42.3	8.7	7	1
				Free List	Paul Vogt	13,106	9.6	1.9	1	0
Unterland	10	5,389		Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Markus Büchel Rudolf Lampert Jürgen Zech Helmut Büchel	26,326	54.9	10.6	6	2
				Patriotic Union	Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Donath Oehri Otto Büchel Ivo Klein	18,586	38.7	5.9	4	1
				Free List		3,078	6.4	4.8	0	1
Source: Landtagswahlen 2001

See also

• Elections in Liechtenstein
• List of Liechtenstein general elections