General elections were held in
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...
on 8 May 1875. Six of the seats in the
Landtag
A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence ...
were indirectly elected by electors selected by voters.
Electors
Electors were selected through elections that were held between 26 and 30 April. Each municipality had two electors for every 100 inhabitants.
Results
The electors met on 8 May in
Vaduz
Vaduz (; or ; High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' ...
to elect six Landtag members and five substitute members. The Landtag members and their substitutes were elected in three ballots. Of the 160 electors, 156 participated in the voting.
Elected as members
First ballot
*Sebastian Heeb
*Markus Kessler, declined his election and was replaced by Josef Anton Amann
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*Ferdinand Walser, declined his election
Second ballot
*Baptist Fritsche
*Michael Kaiser
Elected as substitutes
Second ballot
*, replaced Markus Kessler as member
*Johann Bargetze
*Franz Josef Biedermann
*Johann Georg Näscher
Third ballot
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Franz Wolfinger
Franz Josef Callistus Wolfinger (14 October 1820 – 20 March 1893) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1862 to 1882. He was also mayor of Balzers from 1867 to 1870.
Wolfinger worked as a postmaste ...
Literature
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Paul Vogt (1987). 1''25 Jahre Landtag. Hrsg. vom Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein'' (2nd ed.).
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...
1875 in Liechtenstein
Elections in Liechtenstein
Non-partisan elections
May 1875