General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 31 January and 2 February 1986. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party won seven seats, whilst the new Free List was less than 1% short of the 8% electoral threshold and failed to win a seat.Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 93.3%.
They were the first elections in which women could vote, as until the passing of a referendum in 1984, suffrage had been limited to men. Emma Eigenmann was the only woman elected, becoming the first female member of the Landtag. They were also the first elections to use campaign posters.
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. All citizens aged 20 or above were eligible to vote.
Candidates OberlandFBPVUFL Herbert Batliner Josef Biedermann Rony Frick Rösle Eberle-Kind Heidi Wanger-Ritter Louis Gassner Dieter Walch Johann Kindle Gerhard Risch Karlheinz Ritter Alfons Schädler Emma Brogle-Sele Paul Kindle Helmuth Matt Reinhard Walser Georg Vogt Hildegard Beck Hanspeter Foser Gerda Bicker-Brunhart Peter Frommelt Hansjörg Hilti Hilmar Hoch Helmuth Marxer Regina Marxer Barbara Rheinberger Kurt WachterUnterlandFBPVUFL Josef Büchel Emma Eigenmann Felix Hassler Heinz Ritter Roland Elkuch Franz Marxer Hermann Hassler Günther Wohlwend Magda Batliner-Meier Karl-Heinz Oehri Beat Hasler Edwin Marxer Bernd Erne Annelies Heeb-Breuss Toni RitterSource: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
Results
By electoral district Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SeatsOberland9Patriotic Union36,23551.315Progressive Citizens' Party29,00141.064Unterland6Progressive Citizens' Party10,81647.943Patriotic Union10,54446.733Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1986, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
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