2019 Liechtenstein local elections

2019 Liechtenstein local elections

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The 2019 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 24 March and 14 April to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.[1]

Electoral system

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The municipal councils (German: Gemeinderat) are composed of an even number of councillors plus the mayor (German: Gemeindevorsteher). The number of councillors is determined by population count: 6 or 8 councillors for population 1,500, 8 or 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000, and 10 or 12 councillors for population over 3,000.

Councillors were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the municipality's territory, using an open list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The mayors were elected in a two-round system. As three of the municipalities saw none of the candidates achieving a majority in the first round, a second round was held four weeks later, where the candidate with a plurality were elected as a mayor.

Mayoral elections results

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Summary

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Party First round Second round Total

Mayors

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Votes % Mayors Votes % Mayors
Progressive Citizens' Party 6,249 47.4 5 2,837 52.1 2 7 +1
Patriotic Union 5,654 42.9 3 1,902 34.9 1 4 –1
Democrats for Liechtenstein 719 5.5 0 625 11.5 0 0 0
Free List 459 3.5 0 0 0
Independent 91 0.7 0 81 1.5 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 1,870 252
Total 15,042 100 8 5,697 100 3 11
Registered voters/turnout 17,880 79.6 7,649 74.5
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020

By municipality

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First round

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Municipality Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
Balzers 2,613 Progressive Citizens' Party Hansjörg Büchel 1,216 61.7
Patriotic Union Günter Vogt 755 38.3
Eschen 2,275 Progressive Citizens' Party Tino Quaderer 700 40.1
Democrats for Liechtenstein Leo Kranz 402 25.2
Patriotic Union Viktor Meier 395 24.8
Free List Harry Hasler-Maier 146 9.2
Gamprin 871 Progressive Citizens' Party Johannes Hasler 544 82.4
Mauren 2,101 Progressive Citizens' Party Freddy Kaiser 1,091 72.2
Planken 268 Patriotic Union Rainer Beck 118 50.9
Progressive Citizens' Party Gaston Jehle 114 49.1
Ruggell 1,258 Progressive Citizens' Party Maria Kaiser-Eberle 775 80.6
Schaan 3,055 Patriotic Union Daniel Hilti 1,840 84.4
Schellenberg 633 Progressive Citizens' Party Norman Wohlwend 402 78.2
Triesen 2,620 Patriotic Union Daniela Wellenzohn-Erne 779 43.2
Progressive Citizens' Party Remy Kindle 708 39.2
Democrats for Liechtenstein Thomas Rehak 317 17.6
Triesenberg 1,712 Patriotic Union Christoph Beck 1,028 75.5
Vaduz 2,754 Progressive Citizens' Party Manfred Bischof 748 39.6
Patriotic Union Frank Konrad 739 39.1
Free List René Hasler 313 16.6
Independent Giovanna Gould 91 4.8
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020

Second round

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Municipality Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
Eschen 2,275 Progressive Citizens' Party Tino Quaderer 958 60.5
Democrats for Liechtenstein Leo Kranz 625 39.5
Triesen 1,712 Patriotic Union Daniela Wellenzohn-Erne 1,010 53.4
Progressive Citizens' Party Remy Kindle 883 46.6
Vaduz 2,754 Progressive Citizens' Party Manfred Bischof 996 50.6
Patriotic Union Frank Konrad 892 45.3
Independent Giovanna Gould 81 4.1
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020

Municipal council elections results

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Summary

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Party Votes % Seats +/–
Progressive Citizens' Party 62,547 42.9 55 –3
Patriotic Union 60,739 41.6 50 -1
Free List 14,024 10.4 8 +5
The Independents 3,652 2.9 1 –2
Democrats for Liechtenstein 3,119 2.1 1 New
Total 144,081 100 115
Valid ballots 14,135 95.17
Invalid/blank ballots 717 4.83
Total 14,852 100
Registered voters/turnout 20,160 73.67
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020

Results by municipality

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Municipality Seats Electorate Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Balzers 12 2,613 Patriotic Union
  • Désirée Bürzle
  • Martin Büchel
  • Thomas Wolfinger
  • Norbert Foser
  • Bettina Fuchs
  • Corinne Indermaur-Wille
  • Karl Malin
  • Monika Oehri-Vogt
9,057 46.3 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Karl Frick
  • Christoph Frick
  • Matthias Eberle
  • Lukas Frick
  • Carmen Büchel
  • Nils Vollmar
8,083 41.3 4
Free List
  • Bettina Eberle-Frommelt
2,440 12.5 1
Eschen 10 2,275 Patriotic Union
  • Gebhard Senti
  • Alexandra Meier-Hasler
  • Mario Hundertpfund
  • Diana Ritter
  • Kevin Beck
  • Anton Wohlwend
  • Simone Schäpper-Gstöhl
  • Christoph Kranz
5,726 35.9 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Karin Zech-Hoop
  • Fredy Allgäuer
  • Sylvia Pedrazzini-Maxfield
  • Gerhard Gerner
  • Tanja Plüss
  • Sona Zauner
  • Daniel Marxer
  • Johannes Krässig
6,593 41.4 4
Democrats for Liechtenstein
  • Simon Schächle
  • Werner Dolzer
1,836 11.5 1
Free List Harry Hasler-Maier 1,201 7.5 0
The Independents
  • Peter Laukas
  • Werner Frommelt
584 3.7 0
Gamprin 8 871 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Michael Näscher
  • Thomas Hasler
  • Dagmar Gadow
  • Alfred Hasler
  • Simone Sulser-Hasler
  • Peter Marxer
2,871 56.7 4
Patriotic Union
  • Barbara Kind
  • Nora Meier
  • Andreas Oehri
  • Christian Marxer
2,193 43.3 4
Mauren 10 2,101 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Dominik Amman
  • Christoph Marxer
  • Martin Beck
  • Annalis Marte
  • Martin Lampert
  • Antje Matt-Marxer
  • Livia Senti
  • Mario Meier
7,652 54.5 5
Patriotic Union
  • Patrik Schreiber
  • Marcel Öhri
  • Mirjam Posch
  • Martina Brändle-Nipp
  • Marcel Senti
  • Sandro Kaiser
4,778 34.0 4
Free List
  • Andrea Matt
1,610 11.5 1
Planken 6 268 Progressive Citizens' Party
723 50.2 4
Patriotic Union
  • Elke Kaiser-Gantner
  • Norbert Gantner Jr.
522 36.3 1
Free List Katja Langenbahn-Schremser 195 13.5 1
Ruggell 8 1,258 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Heinz Biedermann
  • Sibylle Walt
  • Melanie Egloff-Büchel
  • Alois Hoop
  • Nicole Öhri-Elkuch
  • Christian Büchel
4,230 57.8 4
Patriotic Union
  • Jürgen Hasler
  • Cornelia Hanselmann
  • Benedikt Oehry
  • Kevin Hasler
  • Markus Mathis
3,090 42.2 4
Schaan 12 3,055 Patriotic Union
  • Simon Biedermann
  • Rudolf Wachter
  • Caroline Riegler-Rüdisser
  • Martin Hilti
  • Gabriela Hilti-Saleem
  • Magdalena Frommelt
  • Frederic Frick
  • Michael Winkler
  • Ingolf Feger
9,965 40.4 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Alexandra Konrad-Biedermann
  • Markus Falk
  • Nikolaus Beck
  • Melanie Vonbun-Frommelt
  • Anton Ospelt
  • Hubert Marxer
  • Petra Schifferle-Walser
  • Hans-Jörg Kaufmann
9,389 38.1 5
Free List
  • Andreas Heeb
  • Alexander Hilzinger
  • Ute Jastrzab
3,246 13.2 1
The Independents Jakob Quaderer 2,072 8.4 1
Schellenberg 8 633 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Elke Desliens
  • Stephan Marxer
  • Marco Willi-Wohlwend
  • Andrea Kaiser-Kreuzer
  • Jürgen Goop
  • Esther Ladner
1,899 49.1 4
Patriotic Union
  • Harald Lampert
  • Christian Meier
  • Birgit Beck
  • Arinette De Carlo
  • Peter Büchel
1,515 39.2 3
Free List Patrick Risch 450 11.6 1
Triesen 10 2,620 Patriotic Union
  • Eva Johann-Heidegger
  • Fabian Wolfinger
  • Max Burgmeier
  • Rony Bargetze
  • Matthias Biedermann
  • Piero Sprenger
  • Sabrina Feger
8,065 44.8 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Egbert Sprenger
  • Dominik Banzer
  • Paul Kindle
  • Nicole Schurte
  • Nicole Felix
  • Heimo Ackermann
  • Martin Corradini
6,460 35.9 5
Democrats for Liechtenstein
  • Klaus-Dieter Kindle
  • Markus Sprenger
  • Raphael Banzer
1,283 7.1 0
Free List
  • Joachim Batliner-Joliat
  • Jafar Haji Abbassi
1,270 7.1 0
The Independents Ivo Kaufmann 922 5.1 0
Triesenberg 10 1,712 Patriotic Union
  • Thomas Lampert
  • Thomas Nigg
  • Barbara Welte-Beck
  • Michael Gätzi
  • Alexandra Roth-Schädler
  • Marlies Haas
  • Matthias Beck
  • Christoph Eberle
6,795 52.1 5
Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Reto Eberle
  • Gertrud Vogt
  • Armin Schädler
  • Stephan Gassner
  • Marco Strub
  • Fabio Gassner
  • Jonny Sele
  • Adrian Gertsch
5,126 39.3 4
Free List
  • Corina Vogt-Beck
  • Sebastian Meier
1,129 8.7 1
Vaduz 12 2,754 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Toni Real
  • Philip Thöny
  • Priska Risch-Amann
  • Hannelore Eller-Hemmerle
  • Ruth Ospelt-Niepelt
  • Georg Ospelt
  • Benjamin Fischer
  • Willy Vogt
  • Nicole Wäger
9,521 41.6 5
Patriotic Union
  • Petra Miescher
  • Antje Moser
  • Natascha Söldi
  • Daniela Ospelt
  • Josef Feurle
  • Rainer Tschütscher
  • Philippe Hefti
  • Patrick Wille
  • Maylin Roth-Wachter
  • Martin Gassner
  • Philip Schädler
  • Volker Frommelt
9,033 39.5 5
Free List
  • Stefanie Hasler
  • Stephan Gstöhl
  • Rahel Rauter
  • Manuel Kieber
3,684 16.1 2
The Independents Bianca Risch 658 2.9 0

References

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