2019 Liechtenstein local elections

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

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

Summary

Party		First round			Second round			Total Mayors	+/–
		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	313	2.4	0	–	–	–	0	0
	The Independents	146	1.1	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

First round

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

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

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	62,547	42.9	48	–4
	Patriotic Union	60,739	41.6	46	0
	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	104	–
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

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	Bettina Petzold-Mähr Barbara Laukas Urs Kranz Alexander Ritter	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

1. Gemeindewahlen - Stimmabgabe