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 ...
in March 1932.
A new electoral system was introduced in which the
Landtag
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was elected in two rounds.
In the first round then members were elected, with every
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
with more than 300 inhabitants electing one member.
The second round involved the election of the remaining five Landtag members through a national vote with the whole of Liechtenstein serving as one electoral district.
The first round of the election was held on 6 March with every municipality except
Planken
Planken (; dialectal: ''Planka'') is a municipality in Oberland, Liechtenstein. It has four exclaves, two enclaves and a population of 473. Thus by population it is the smallest municipality of Liechtenstein.
History
The Romanic population from ...
electing one Landtag member.
The second round was held on 13 March.
The result was a victory for the ruling
Progressive Citizens' Party
The Progressive Citizens' Party in Liechtenstein (, FBP) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Liechtenstein, political party in Liechtenstein. The FBP is one of the two major party, major List of political parties in Liech ...
, which won 13 of the 15 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 ...
.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1182] This was the last election contested by the
Christian-Social People's Party before it merged with the
Liechtenstein Homeland Service
Liechtenstein Homeland Service (, LHD) was a political party in Liechtenstein that advocated corporate statism and the abolition of party politics. Shortly after its founding, the party also moved towards Nazism. It merged with the Christian-Soci ...
to form the
Patriotic Union.
Results
Municipal vote
National vote
References
External links
Law of 21 February 1932 on the Amendment of the Act of 31 August 1922 (LGBl. 1922 No. 28) on the Exercise of the Political Rights of the People in Land Affairs
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Elections in Liechtenstein
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Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
Premiership of Josef Hoop
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