Country: | Liechtenstein |
Previous Election: | 1936 |
Next Election: | 1945 |
Election Date: | 4 April 1939 |
Election Name: | 1939 Liechtenstein general election |
Seats For Election: | All 15 seats in the Landtag |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
Leader1: | Josef Hoop |
Percentage1: | – |
Seats1: | 8 |
Last Election1: | 11 |
Party2: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
Leader2: | Otto Schaedler |
Percentage2: | – |
Seats2: | 7 |
Last Election2: | 4 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Josef Hoop |
Before Party: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
After Election: | Josef Hoop |
After Party: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 4 April 1939.[1] Although a new system of proportional representation had been introduced to pacify voters at a time when the country was under threat from neighbouring Nazi Germany, it was not used and the elections became known as the "silent elections" as no actual vote was held.[2] Instead, the governing Progressive Citizens' Party and opposition Patriotic Union formed a coalition, assigning a roughly equal number of seats each, in order to prevent the German National Movement in Liechtenstein from acquiring any seats in the Landtag.[3] [4]
Electoral district | Seats | Party | Seats won | Elected members | Substitutes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oberland | 9 | Patriotic Union | 5 | ||||
Progressive Citizens' Party | 4 | ||||||
Unterland | 6 | Progressive Citizens' Party | 4 | ||||
Patriotic Union | 2 | ||||||
Source: Vogt[5] |