2009 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 8 February 2009. While polls and pundits predicted few changes, the Christian democratic Patriotic Union (VU) gained an outright majority in the Landtag, whilst the national conservative Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) and the green social democratic Free List (FL) both suffered losses.

2009 Liechtenstein general election

8 February 2009 (2009-02-08)
All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.64%
Party Leader % Seats +/– VU Adolf Heeb 47.61 13 +3 FBP Ernst Walch 43.47 11 −1 FL Wolfgang Marxer 8.92 1 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Union	95,219	47.61	13	+3
	Progressive Citizens' Party	86,951	43.47	11	–1
	Free List	17,835	8.92	1	–2
Total		200,005	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		15,126	96.64
Invalid/blank votes		526	3.36
Total votes		15,652	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,493	84.64
Source: Landtagswahlen

By electoral district

Electoral district	Seats	Electorate	Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	+/–
Oberland	15	12,105		Patriotic Union	Arthur Brunhart Jürgen Beck Gebhard Negele Harry Quaderer Thomas Vogt Diana Hilti Gisela Biedermann Peter Hilti Marion Kindle Leander Schädler Gilbert Frommelt René B. Ott Henrik Caduff Mirjam Amann Ilse Gassner-Bühler	71,469	48.9	9.9	8	2
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Peter Lampert Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Christian Batliner Doris Frommelt Albert Frick Helmuth Büchel Stefan Wenaweser Kurt Eberle Hilmar Schädler Daniel F. Seger Margot Sele-Heeb Christian Hausmann Patrick Schürmann Walter Marxer	61,033	41.7	5.0	6	1
				Free List	Pepo Frick Helen Konzett Bargetze Claudia Heeb-Fleck Andreas Heeb Albert Eberle Ibrahim Türkyilmaz Astrid Walser	13,733	9.4	4.9	1	1
Unterland	10	6,388		Patriotic Union	Günther Kranz Peter Büchel Doris Beck Marlies Amann-Marxer Werner Kranz Dominik Oehri Gerald Meier Wolfgang Matt Markus Öhri Anita Senti	23,750	44.2	8.0	5	1
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Gerold Büchel Manfred Batliner Rainer Gopp Hubert Lampert Johanna Noser Agatha Pino Maqueda Cornelia Gassner Norbert Hasler	25,915	54.3	6.1	5	0
				Free List	Andrea Matt Robert Büchel-Thalmaier Claudia Robinigg Patrick Risch Edith Willburger	4,102	7.6	1.9	0	1
Source: Landtagswahlen

See also

• Elections in Liechtenstein
• List of Liechtenstein general elections