section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  In the 2021 Liechtenstein general election, the Patriotic Union (VU) and Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) each won ten seats. As a result, the two parties formed a coalition government, ultimately under Daniel Risch of the VU. The Free List and Democrats for Liechtenstein won three and two seats in 2021 respectively. A new political party, Mensch im Mittelpunkt, was formed in 2022.