Liechtenstein general election, 2017

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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	10 seats, 40.0%	8 seats, 33.5%
Seats won	9	8
Seat change	1
Popular vote	68,673	65,742
Percentage	35.2	33.7
Swing	4.8pp	0.2pp

	Third party	Fourth party
	DU	FL
Leader	Harry Quaderer	Derya Kesci & Pepo Frick
Party	DU	FL
Leader since	2013	2013
Last election	4 seats, 15.3%	3 seats, 11.1%
Seats won	5	3
Seat change	1
Popular vote	35,885	24,595
Percentage	18.4	12.6
Swing	3.1pp	1.5pp

Prime Minister before election

Adrian Hasler
FBP

Elected Prime Minister

Adrian Hasler
FBP

General elections took place in Liechtenstein on 5 February 2017.

The previous elections in 2013 saw the Patriotic Union lose five seats and their majority in the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party also lost a seat, but became the governing party in part due to the entry of The Independents, a new party that won four seats.

The 2013 elections marked the first time that four parties had won seats in the Landtag, with suggestions that protest voting against austerity policies or reduced partisanship amongst voters may have been factors.

The 25 members of the Landtag are elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 15 seats and Unterland with 10 seats. The electoral threshold is 8%.

Unterland consists of Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Ruggell and Schellenberg; Oberland consists of Balzers, Planken, Schaan, Triesen, Triesenberg and Vaduz.

Observers noted the success of the populist and "fringe groups" DU and FL – particularly the former – as well as the losses of the ruling parties at their expense.

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