Christian Social Party of Liechtenstein

The title of this article is ambiguous. The Christian Social Party of Liechtenstein (CSP) is not to be confused with the Christian Social People's Party (VP) in Liechtenstein.

The Christian Social Party of Liechtenstein (CSP) was a party founded in Liechtenstein in 1961 . She ran for the first time in 1962 in the state election and won 10.09% of the vote. However, due to the threshold clause of 18% at the time, it did not receive a mandate.

An election complaint by the CSP to the Princely Liechtenstein State Court was dismissed, but the blocking clause of 18% (according to Art. 22, Election Act of January 18, 1939) was declared unconstitutional and repealed. The election complaint after the next state elections in 1966 (8.74% for the CSP) was also rejected.

In the other state elections up to 1974, the party was still unable to win a state parliament mandate, even though the share of votes fell.

Web links

• Wilfried Marxer: Christian Social Party (CSP). In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
• Liechtenstein - The political landscape after 1945

literature

• Liechtenstein 1938-1978 (published by the Princely Government on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reign of His Highness Prince Franz Joseph II von und zu Liechtenstein). Vaduz, Publishing House of the Princely Government, 1978: pp. 288f., 336f.