General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 5 and 7 February 1982. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 95.4%, 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 Noldi Frommelt Dieter Walch Josef Biedermann Eugen Büchel Louis Gassner Edwin Kindle Peter Hemmerle Richard Schierscher Helmut Wohlwend Karlheinz Ritter Franz Beck Georg Gstöhl Alfons Schädler Ludwig Seger August Beck Peter Wolff Elias Nigg Paul KindleUnterlandFBPVU Armin Meier Franz Elkuch Beat Marxer Felix Hassler Josef Büchel Walter Marxer Hermann Hassler Franz Meier Anton Hoop Franz Oehri Günther Wohlwend Karlheinz OehriSource: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
Results
By electoral district Electoral districtSeatsPartyElected membersSubstitutesVotes%SeatsOberland9Patriotic Union16,19155.015Progressive Citizens' Party13,23944.984Unterland6Progressive Citizens' Party5,00650.993Patriotic Union4,81049.003Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1982, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
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