Country: | Liechtenstein |
Previous Election: | February 1953 |
Next Election: | 1957 |
Election Date: | 14 June 1953 |
Election Name: | June 1953 Liechtenstein general election |
Seats For Election: | All 15 seats in the Landtag |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Turnout: | 93.41% (2.89pp) |
Party1: | Progressive Citizens' Party |
Leader1: | Alexander Frick |
Percentage1: | 50.43 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Last Election1: | 8 |
Party2: | Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) |
Leader2: | Otto Schaedler |
Percentage2: | 49.57 |
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 14 June 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]
Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Elected members | Substitutes | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Oberland | 9 | 2,261 | Patriotic Union | 1,104 | 53.5 | 5 | ||||
Progressive Citizens' Party | 959 | 46.5 | 4 | |||||||
Unterland | 6 | 1,137 | Progressive Citizens' Party | 609 | 58.2 | 4 | ||||
Patriotic Union | 437 | 41.8 | 2 | |||||||
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2005, Vogt[4] |