1997 Liechtenstein general election
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All 25 seats in the Landtag 13 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 86.77% ( 1.46pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 2 February 1997 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Patriotic Union (VU) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) winning ten. The Free List (FL) won two seats. Voter turnout was 86.8%.
Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Thomas Büchel, was the FBP's nomination for prime minister. The party received 39.2% of the vote, the lowest in its history to that point. The party subsequently ended the coalition with the VU that had existed since 1938 and moved into the opposition.