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1939 Liechtenstein general election 
Summary
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 4 April 1939.[1] Although a new system of proportional representation had been introduced to pacify voters at a time when the country was under threat from neighbouring Nazi Germany, it was not used and the elections became known as the "silent elections" as no actual vote was held.[2] Instead, the governing Progressive Citizens' Party and opposition Patriotic Union formed a coalition, assigning a roughly equal number of seats each, in order to prevent the German National Movement in Liechtenstein from acquiring any seats in the Landtag.[3][4]
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All 15 seats in the Landtag 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results edit
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| Party | Seats | +/– | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 8 | –3 | |
| Patriotic Union | 7 | +3 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
By electoral district edit
| Electoral district | Seats | Party | Seats won |
Elected members | Substitutes | |
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| Oberland | 9 | Patriotic Union | 5 |
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| Progressive Citizens' Party | 4 |
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| Unterland | 6 | Progressive Citizens' Party | 4 |
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| Patriotic Union | 2 |
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| Source: Vogt[5] | ||||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1164 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1159
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1179
- ^ Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Stille Wahl". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.