Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1995 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.
Election system
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 councillors for population under 500; 8 councillors for population between 500 and 1,500; 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000; and 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. If none of the candidates achieved a majority in the first round, a second round would have been held four weeks later, where the candidate with a plurality would be elected as a mayor.[1]
Results
Overall
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL) | 58,079 | 45.9 | −1.7 | 59 | −1 | 4 | −2 | |
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 58,290 | 46.1 | +0.5 | 56 | +3 | 7 | +2 | |
| Free List (FL) | 9,011 | 7.1 | +3.4 | 5 | +3 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Non-Party List(ÜLL) | 1,039 | 0.8 | −1.5 | 1 | −1 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 126,419 | 100 | – | 121 | +4 | 11 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 11,477 | 97.0 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 361 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Total | 11,838 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,247 | 83.1 | ||||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||
Results by municipality
| Municipality | FBPL | VU | FL | ÜLL | Mayor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | % | C | % | C | |||
| Balzers | 38.8 | 5 | 52.1 | 7 | 9.1 | 1 | – | – | VU | |
| Eschen | 42.7 | 5 | 57.2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Gamprin | 53.6 | 5 | 46.4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Mauren | 61.7 | 7 | 30.6 | 4 | 7.7 | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Planken | 74.1 | 5 | 25.9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Ruggell | 50.1 | 5 | 49.9 | 4 | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Schaan | 48.2 | 6 | 39.1 | 5 | 12.7 | 2 | – | – | FBPL | |
| Schellenberg | 53.4 | 5 | 46.6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Triesen | 45.1 | 6 | 45.9 | 6 | 9.0 | 1 | – | – | FBPL | |
| Triesenberg | 33.7 | 4 | 52.0 | 6 | 5.2 | – | 9.1 | 1 | VU | |
| Vaduz | 47.0 | 6 | 44.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 1 | – | – | VU | |
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||||
References
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