April 1926 Liechtenstein general election
{{Infobox legislative election
| country = Liechtenstein
| previous_election = January 1926
| next_election = 1928
| election_date = 5 April 1926
| election_name = April 1926 Liechtenstein general election
| seats_for_election = All 15 seats in the Landtag
| majority_seats = 8
| nopercentage = yes
| turnout = 93.47% ({{increase}} 1.09pp)
| party1 = Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein)
| leader1 = Gustav Schädler
| seats1 = 9
| last_election1 = 9
| party2 = Progressive Citizens' Party
| leader2 =Ludwig Marxer
| seats2 = 6
| last_election2 = 6
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Gustav Schädler
| before_party = Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein)
| after_election = Gustav Schädler
| after_party = Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein)
|flag_year=1921|map_caption=Results by constituency|map=1926 Liechtenstein election map.svg}}{{Politics of Liechtenstein}}
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 5 April 1926.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1164 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} Early elections were called following a government crisis where the Christian-Social People's Party refused to elect Ludwig Marxer to government.{{Cite web |last=Merki |first=Christoph Maria |date=31 December 2011 |title=Marxer, Ludwig (1897–1962) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Marxer,_Ludwig_(1897–1962) |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} The result was a victory for the ruling Christian-Social People's Party, which won 9 of the 15 seats in the Landtag.Nohlen & Stöver, p1182
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Christian-Social People's Party|votes1=|seats1=9|sc1=0
|party2=Progressive Citizens' Party|votes2=|seats2=6|sc2=0
|total_sc=0
|totalvotes=2090
|electorate=2236
|image=File:Liechtenstein Landtag 1926.svg}}
= By electoral district =
| class="wikitable"
!Electoral district !Seats ! colspan="2" |Party !Seats !Elected members |
| rowspan="2" |Oberland
| rowspan="2" |9 | style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000" | |Christian-Social People's Party |9 |{{Plainlist|*Emil Bargetze
|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Citizens' Party}}" |
|0 |– |
| colspan="6" | |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Unterland
| rowspan="2" |6 | bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Citizens' Party}}" | |6 |{{Plainlist|*Emil Batliner
|
| style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000" |
|Christian-Social People's Party |0 |– |
| colspan="6" | |
| colspan="6" |Source: VogtPaul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein. |
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