| Country: | Liechtenstein |
| Previous Election: | October 1993 |
| Next Election: | 2001 |
| Election Date: | 2 February 1997 |
| Election Name: | 1997 Liechtenstein general election |
| Seats For Election: | All 25 seats in the Landtag |
| Majority Seats: | 13 |
| Turnout: | 86.77% |
| Party1: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
| Leader1: | Mario Frick |
| Percentage1: | 49.23 |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Last Election1: | 13 |
| Party2: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| Leader2: | Thomas Büchel |
| Percentage2: | 39.20 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Last Election2: | 11 |
| Party3: | Free List (Liechtenstein) |
| Percentage3: | 11.57 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Last Election3: | 1 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Mario Frick |
| Before Party: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
| After Election: | Mario Frick |
| After Party: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 2 February 1997. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 86.8%.[1]
Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Thomas Büchel, was the Progressive Citizens' Party nomination for prime minister.[2] The party received 39.2% of the vote, the lowest in its history.[3] The party subsequently ended the coalition with the Patriotic Union that had existed since 1938.[4]
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.[5]
| Electoral district | Seats | Party | Candidates | Substitutes | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberland | 15 | Patriotic Union | 8 | ||||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 6 | ||||||
| Free List | 1 | ||||||
| Unterland | 10 | Patriotic Union | 5 | ||||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 4 | ||||||
| Free List | 1 | ||||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1998 | |||||||