Country: | Liechtenstein |
Previous Election: | 1949 |
Next Election: | June 1953 |
Election Date: | 15 February 1953 |
Election Name: | February 1953 Liechtenstein general election |
Seats For Election: | All 15 seats in the Landtag |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Turnout: | 90.52% (1.78pp) |
Party1: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
Leader1: | Alexander Frick |
Percentage1: | 50.54 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Last Election1: | 8 |
Party2: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
Leader2: | Otto Schaedler |
Percentage2: | 42.60 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Last Election2: | 7 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Alexander Frick |
Before Party: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
After Election: | Alexander Frick |
After Party: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 15 February 1953.[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 and only election contested by the Workers' and Peasants' Party.
The 15 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 9 seats and Unterland with 6 seats. Only parties and lists with more than 18% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag.[4]
Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Elected members | Substitutes | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oberland | 9 | 2,194 | Patriotic Union | 867 | 45.3 | 5 | ||||
Progressive Citizens' Party | 849 | 44.4 | 4 | |||||||
bgcolor=green | Workers' and Peasants' Party | – | – | 198 | 10.3 | 0 | ||||
Unterland | 6 | 1,139 | Progressive Citizens' Party | 609 | 62.7 | 4 | ||||
Patriotic Union | 362 | 37.3 | 2 | |||||||
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[5] |