General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 1978. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag, despite the Progressive Citizens' Party receiving more votes. Voter turnout was 95.7%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
Electoral system The 15 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 9 seats and Unterland with 6 seats. Only parties and lists with more than 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag. Only male citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.
Candidates OberlandFBPVU Peter Marxer Emanuel Vogt Noldi Frommelt Hilmar Ospelt Josef Frommelt Josef Biedermann Louis Gassner Klaus Wanger Peter Frick Karlheinz Ritter Alfred Hilbe Georg Gstöhl Franz Beck Wolfgang Feger August Beck Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger Elias NiggUnterlandFBPVU Gerard Batliner Ernst Büchel Armin Meier Adolf Kranz Hubert Oehri Franz Elkuch Walter Oehry Werner Gstöhl Hermann Hassler Franz Meier Anton Hoop Franz OehriSource: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
Results
By electoral district Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SeatsOberland9Patriotic Union14,05850.035Progressive Citizens' Party14,04049.974Unterland6Progressive Citizens' Party4,83253.583Patriotic Union4,18646.423Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
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