1962 Liechtenstein general election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 March 1962.[1] The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag,[2] but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.[3] This was the first election contested by the Christian Social Party.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 1,599 | 47.18 | 8 | –1 | |
| Patriotic Union | 1,448 | 42.73 | 7 | +1 | |
| Christian Social Party | 342 | 10.09 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 3,389 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,389 | 98.20 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 62 | 1.80 | |||
| Total votes | 3,451 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,646 | 94.65 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By electoral district
| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Elected members | Substitutes | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Oberland | 9 | 2,458 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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1,038 | 45.6 | 5 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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1,023 | 44.9 | 4 | ||||
| Christian Social Party | – | – | 217 | 9.5 | 0 | ||||
| Unterland | 6 | 1,188 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
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561 | 50.5 | 3 | |
| Patriotic Union |
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425 | 38.3 | 3 | ||||
| Christian Social Party | – | – | 125 | 11.2 | 0 | ||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[4] | |||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1165 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1182
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1157
- Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
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