# 2001 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein between 9 and 11 February 2001 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won a majority of thirteen seats, with the Patriotic Union (VU) winning eleven. The Free List (FL) won one seat. Voter turnout was 86.1%.
Following the election, the VU moved into the opposition.

## Electoral system

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.

## Campaign

Incumbent prime minister Mario Frick sought a third term, and was re-nominated by the Patriotic Union on 30 October 2000. The party sought to maintain the majority government that it had gained in the 1997 elections.
The Progressive Citizens' Party nominated Otmar Hasler for prime minister on 18 October. Hasler stated in an interview with Radio Liechtenstein that he was open to the formation of a coalition government.

## Candidates

| Oberland | FBP | VU | FL |
| Oberland | Alois Beck Peter Lampert Klaus Wanger Helmut Konrad Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Adrian Hasler Marco Ospelt Christian Brunhart Bettina Kaiser Anja Meier-Eberle Gottlieb Risch Ruth Büchel Stephan Banzer Christian Goop | Peter Sprenger Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Erich Sprenger Hugo Quaderer Dorothee Laternser Walter Vogt Rudolf Hagen Roland Büchel Bernadette Brunhart Alexander Sele Remo Vogt Marion Seeger Maja Marxer-Schädler Heike Walser | Paul Vogt Christel Hilti-Kaufmann Regina Frick Ingrid Kaufmann-Sele Daniela Meier-Wille Mona Gross Monika Kunz-Frick Sigvard Wohlwend |
| Unterland | FBP | VU | FL |
| Unterland | Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Markus Büchel Rudolf Lampert Jürgen Zech Helmut Büchel Monica Bereiter-Amann Eduard Büchel Gerlinde Büchel Alois Blank | Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Donath Oehri Otto Büchel Ivo Klein Alexander Marxer Peter Kranz Doris Beck-Büchel Hansjörg Büchel Ursula Diana Oehry Günther Wohlwend | Adolf Ritter Doris Hassler Erwin Gassner Robert Kind |
| Source: Landtagswahlen 2001 ||||

## Results

| | Progressive Citizens' Party | 92,204 | 49.90 | 13 | +3 |
| | Patriotic Union | 76,402 | 41.35 | 11 | –2 |
| | Free List | 16,184 | 8.76 | 1 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 184,790 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 13,919 | 98.86 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 160 | 1.14 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 14,079 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 16,350 | 86.11 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### By electoral district

| Electoral district | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | +/– |
| Oberland | 15 | 10,961 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Alois Beck Peter Lampert Klaus Wanger Helmut Konrad Wendelin Lampert Elmar Kindle Adrian Hasler | 65,878 | 48.2 | 10.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Oberland | 15 | 10,961 | Patriotic Union | Peter Sprenger Peter Wolff Walter Hartmann Erich Sprenger Hugo Quaderer Dorothee Laternser Walter Vogt | 57,816 | 42.3 | 8.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Oberland | 15 | 10,961 | Free List | Paul Vogt | 13,106 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Unterland | 10 | 5,389 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Johannes Kaiser Renate Wohlwend Markus Büchel Rudolf Lampert Jürgen Zech Helmut Büchel | 26,326 | 54.9 | 10.6 | 6 | 2 |
| Unterland | 10 | 5,389 | Patriotic Union | Ingrid Hassler-Gerner Donath Oehri Otto Büchel Ivo Klein | 18,586 | 38.7 | 5.9 | 4 | 1 |
| Unterland | 10 | 5,389 | Free List | | 3,078 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: Landtagswahlen 2001 |||||||||||