Historical election result: Brigitte Haas becomes the first head of government Liechtenstein!

Historical election result: Brigitte Haas becomes the first head of government Liechtenstein!

Liechtenstein - In Liechtenstein, the fatherland Union (VU) won the parliamentary election with a clear victory. In the election on Sunday, the VU received an impressive 38.3 percent of the votes, while the advanced citizens' party (FBP) had to accept an important election flap with only 27.5 percent. This corresponds to a decline of 8.4 percent and means the loss of three of their previous ten seats in a total of 25-member state parliament, such as the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt reported. The VU's victory also initiates a remarkable turn in the political history of the principality, since for the first time a woman - Brigitte Haas - will take on the role of the head of government.

Brigitte Haas is sworn in on March 20 and thus sets a historical precedent, since no female representative had held this position since the office of the head of the government in 1921. Her challenger, Ernst Walch from the FBP, had come under great pressure in advance of the election due to critical media reports on his role in trust. As the vienna.at , this negative reporting may have been decisive for the output of the election.

election campaign and effects

The campaign period itself was characterized by violent arguments between the two major parties, which have been in a close competition for decades. The FBP, which was on par with the VU four years ago, now had to accept a dramatic loss of votes. The newly founded Democrats Pro Liechtenstein (DPL) also benefited from this upheaval and were more than able to double their proportion of voices, which in the future secured six seats in the state parliament