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Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein | |
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| 2025–2029 Legislature | |
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| Leadership | |
Vice President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 25 councillors |
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Political groups | Government (17) Opposition (8)
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Authority | Chapter V,Constitution of Liechtenstein |
| Elections | |
| Open listproportional representation elected in two constituencies, each with a separate 8%election threshold | |
First election | 24 November 1862 |
Last election | 9 February 2025 |
Next election | By 2029 |
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| Peter-Kaiser-Platz 3 LI-9490Vaduz | |
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| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Liechtenstein | |
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TheLandtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein (German:Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein) is theunicameralparliament ofLiechtenstein.
Citizens who have attained the age of 18, have permanent residency in the country and have lived in the country for at least one month before the election can vote, and all eligible voters can run for office.[1] A group of at least 30 voters per constituency has the right to nominate alist of candidates. However, voters can only support a nomination for a single list.[1]
Women in Liechtenstein were granted the right to vote in 1984, and thus could not stand for election in the Landtag before then.[1]
Under theConstitution of 1921, the size of the Landtag was set at 15 members. A constitutional amendment approved in a1988 referendum increased the number to 25, starting with the 1989 elections. Each of the 25 members is elected for a four-year term byopen listproportional representation from two constituencies,Oberland with 15 seats andUnterland with 10 seats. The electoral threshold is 8% (which equals 2 seats).[2] Unterland consists of themunicipalities ofEschen,Gamprin,Mauren,Ruggell andSchellenberg; Oberland consists ofBalzers,Planken,Schaan,Triesen,Triesenberg andVaduz.[2] The type of open list procedure used ispanachage, which allows voters to vote for as many candidates as there are seats to be filled, as well as to delete names from a list and to add names from another list.[3]
Elected along with the lists are substitute members (Stellvertretern).[2] These substitute members take the place of a regular member who cannot attend a meeting of the Landtag, or in the case that the regular member resigns. A party receives one substitute member for every three seats they win in each of the two electoral districts, though every political party is entitled to at least one substitute.[2]Parliamentary groups may be formed in the Landtag for political parties or alliances with at least three elected members, who then appoint a spokesperson. Groups are entitled to be represented in committees and have their own conference room.[4]
The Landtag has four international delegations – theEFTA Parliamentary Committee, theOSCE Parliamentary Assembly, theInter-Parliamentary Union and the Lake Constance Parliamentary Commission. These delegates are elected at the first meeting of a legislative term, and substitute members can also be elected.[4]
The Landtag elects from amongst its members thepresident andvice president at the opening session each year. The president serves as thespeaker of the body, calls meetings and represents the Landtag externally.[4] The president, vice president and parliamentary group speakers form the Bureau of the Parliament (Landtagspräsidium). The Bureau prepares the budget of the Landtag and hires the staff of the body; it also helps the President prepare the body's agenda for each session of the Landtag.[5]
All members of the Landtag have limitedlegal immunity while performing their duties. Members cannot be prosecuted for anything they say during sessions, and may only be arrested with permission from the Landtag or if they are caught in the act of committing a crime.[4]
The Landtag has three standing committees consisting of five members each:[5]
The Landtag may also appoint special committees consisting of three to five members. The body can also form investigative committees for any purpose upon the call of at least seven members.[5]
When the Landtag is out of session, its functions are exercised by the National Committee (Landesausschuss), which acts as apresidium. The National Committee consists of the President, and four other members, two from each of the country's two constituencies.[5]
The VU received 38.3% of the vote, a 2.7% increase from their 2021 performance, and maintained its ten seats in the Landtag. The FBP received 27.5% of the vote, an 8.4% decrease from 2021, and won seven seats, a decrease of three. It is the lowest result in the FBP's history.[6][7] The DpL saw its vote share rise 11.1% to 23.3% from 2021 and won six seats, an increase of four, the highest of any third party in Liechtenstein's history. The Free List received 10.9% of the vote, a decrease of 2% from 2021, and won two seats, a decrease of one.[6][8]
A total of 16,171 ballots were cast, resulting in a 76.3%voter turnout. The majority of votes (97%) were cast bypost.[6]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Patriotic Union | 79,478 | 38.32 | 10 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 56,983 | 27.48 | 7 | –3 | |
| Democrats for Liechtenstein | 48,370 | 23.32 | 6 | +4 | |
| Free List | 22,549 | 10.87 | 2 | –1 | |
| Total | 207,380 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 15,748 | 97.38 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 423 | 2.62 | |||
| Total votes | 16,171 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 21,183 | 76.34 | |||
| Source:Landtagswahlen 2025 | |||||
| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Elected members | Subsititutes | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | +/– | |
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| Oberland | 15 | 13,137 | Patriotic Union |
| 58,725 | 39.2 |  2.3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 38,352 | 25.6 |  9.1 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 35,695 | 23.8 | 14.2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Free List |
| 16,928 | 11.3 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Unterland | 10 | 7,247 | Patriotic Union | 20,753 | 36.0 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 18,631 | 32.3 | 6.6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 12,675 | 22.0 | 6.9 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Free List | 5,621 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Source:Landtagswahlen 2025 | |||||||||||
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