Liechtenstein general election, 2013

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All 25 seats of the Landtag.
13 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Adrian Hasler	Thomas Zwiefelhofer
Party	FBP	VU
Leader since	2013	2013
Last election	11 seats, 43.5%	13 seats, 47.6%
Seats won	10	8
Seat change	1	5
Popular vote	77,644	65,118
Percentage	40.0%	33.5%
Swing	3.5pp	14.1pp

	Third party	Fourth party
	DU	FL
Leader	Harry Quaderer	Derya Kesci & Pepo Frick
Party	DU	FL
Leader since	2013	2013
Last election	New	1 seat, 8.9%
Seats won	4	3
Seat change	New	2
Popular vote	29,739	21,604
Percentage	15.3%	11.1%
Swing	15.3pp	2.2pp

Prime Minister before election

Klaus Tschütscher
VU

Elected Prime Minister

Adrian Hasler
FBP

Klaus Tschütscher
VU

Adrian Hasler
FBP

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 1 February and 3 February 2013, using a proportional representation system. Four parties contested the elections; the centre-right Patriotic Union (VU) and Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), centre-left Free List (FL) and newly created alliance The Independents (DU).

The previous elections in 2009 were won by the Patriotic Union which managed to secure an absolute majority of the seats (13 out of 25). Despite winning a parliamentary majority, the Patriotic Union chose to form a coalition with the conservative Progressive Citizens' Party, which won 11 seats. The Free List won a single seat and became the opposition party.

Prime Minister Klaus Tschuetscher's term in office was marked by an effort to move the country away from being a tax haven. Prior to the election Tschuetscher, who is a member of the Patriotic Union (VU) party, declared he would not be seeking the premiership for a second term.

The 25 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 15 seats and Unterland with 10 seats. Only parties and lists with more than 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag.

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