1989 Liechtenstein general election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Liechtenstein

| previous_election = 1986

| next_election = February 1993

| election_date = 3 and 5 March 1989

| election_name = 1989 Liechtenstein general election

| seats_for_election = All 25 seats in the Landtag

| majority_seats = 13

| party1 = Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)

| leader1 = Hans Brunhart

| percentage1 = 47.15

| seats1 = 13

| last_election1 = 8

| party2 = Progressive Citizens' Party

| leader2 = Herbert Wille

| percentage2 = 42.13

| seats2 = 12

| last_election2 = 7

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Hans Brunhart

| before_party = Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)

| after_election = Hans Brunhart

| after_party = Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)

|map=1989 Liechtenstein election map.svg|map_caption=Results by constituency|turnout=90.88% ({{decrease}} 2.42pp)}}{{Politics of Liechtenstein}}

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 and 5 March 1989. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag, which had been enlarged by 10 seats compared to the 1986 elections. Voter turnout was 91%.[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2187_89.htm Liechtenstein] Inter-Parliamentary Union Early elections were called due to the Kunsthaus case, where the Progressive Citizens' Party's Landtag members resigned in protest at the VU refusing to support an investigation into power abuse by the Liechtenstein state court in 1985.{{Cite web |last=Marxer |first=Wilfred |date=31 December 2011 |title=Staatsgerichtshofaffäre (Kunsthausfall) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Staatsgerichtshofaffäre_(Kunsthausfall) |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}

This was the first and only election contested by the Non-Party List, a political grouping attempting to prevent either the VU or FBP from forming a majority.{{cite web|title=The Parties: Political landscape after 1945|url=http://www.fuerstundvolk.li/fuv/fuv.do?site=421173216f221000996d610c1957690b|work=Prince and People: Liechtenstein Civics|publisher=School Office of the Principality of Liechtenstein|year=2007|accessdate=13 February 2014|language=German}}