Country: | Liechtenstein |
Previous Election: | 1949 |
Next Election: | |
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.
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[4] |