1978 Liechtenstein general election

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3 February 1978

1982 →

15 seats in the Landtag
8 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
FBP	Walter Kieber	50.85	7	-1
VU	Hans Brunhart	49.15	8	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Walter Kieber FBP	Hans Brunhart VU

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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 1978. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag, despite the Progressive Citizens' Party receiving more votes. Voter turnout was 95.7%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.^[1]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Progressive Citizens' Party	18,872	50.85	7	–1
	Patriotic Union	18,244	49.15	8	+1
Total		37,116	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		4,625	99.04
Invalid/blank votes		45	0.96
Total votes		4,670	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,879	95.72
Source: Nohlen & Stöver^[2]

References[]

^ Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1180–1182 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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