1989 Liechtenstein general election

1989 Liechtenstein general election
Liechtenstein
← 1986 3 and 5 March 1989 February 1993 →

All 25 seats in the Landtag
13 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
VU Hans Brunhart 47.15 13 +5
FBP Otto Hasler 42.13 12 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hans Brunhart
VU
Hans Brunhart
VU

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 and 5 March 1989. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag, which had been enlarged by 10 seats compared to the 1986 elections. Voter turnout was 90.88%.[1] Early elections were called following the Progressive Citizens' Party's Landtag members resigning in protest due to the VU refusing to support an investigation into power abuse by the Liechtenstein state court in 1985.[2]

This was the first and only election contested by the Non-Party List, a political grouping attempting to prevent either the VU or FBP from forming a majority.[3]

  1. ^ Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ^ Marxer, Wilfred (31 December 2011). "Staatsgerichtshofaffäre (Kunsthausfall)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "The Parties: Political landscape after 1945". Prince and People: Liechtenstein Civics (in German). School Office of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2014.