1928 Liechtenstein general election

15 July 1928 (first round)
29 July 1928 (second round)

1930 →

All 15 seats in the Landtag
8 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

93.09% (

0.38pp)

Party	Leader	Seats	+/–
FBP	Josef Hoop	11	+5
CSVP	Gustav Schädler	4	−5

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Gustav Schädler CSVP	Josef Hoop FBP

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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 15 July 1928, with a second round on 29 July.^[1]^[2] Early elections was called after Prince Johann II forced the resignation of the Christian-Social People's Party government of Prime Minister Gustav Schädler due to an embezzlement scandal at the National Bank of Liechtenstein.^[3] The result was a victory for the opposition Progressive Citizens' Party, which won 11 of the 15 seats in the Landtag.^[4] Voter turnout was 93%.^[4]

Results



Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party			11			0	11	+5
	Christian-Social People's Party			3			1	4	–5
Total				14			1	15	0

Total votes		2,101	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,257	93.09
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Vogt^[2]

Electoral district	Seats		Seats won	Elected members
Oberland	9	Progressive Citizens' Party	5	Heinrich Brunhart Anton Frommelt Ferdinand Risch Georg Vogt Oswald Walser
Oberland	9	Christian-Social People's Party	3	Josef Gassner Gustav Ospelt Sr. Basil Vogt

Unterland	6	Progressive Citizens' Party	6	Emil Batliner Peter Büchel Wilhelm Büchel Franz Xaver Hoop Karl Kaiser Franz Josef Marxer
Unterland	6	Christian-Social People's Party	0	–

Source: Vogt^[2]

Electoral district	Seats		Seats won	Elected members
Oberland	1	Christian-Social People's Party	1	Franz Amann
Oberland	1	Progressive Citizens' Party	0	–

Source: Vogt^[2]

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1164 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Paul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
^ Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Sparkassaskandal". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b Nohlen & Stöver, p1182

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