2011 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2011 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 20 February 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. 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.[2]
Mayoral elections results
Summary
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Mayors | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotic Union | 6,676 | 47.0 | 6 | |||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 7,133 | 50.2 | 5 | |||
| Free List | 408 | 2.9 | New | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,329 | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 15,551 | 100 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,804 | 82.7 | – | – | ||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2012 | ||||||
By municipality
| Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Swing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzers | 2,534 | Patriotic Union | Arthur Brunhart | 1,091 | 54.2 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Adolf Nigg | 921 | 45.8 | ||||
| Eschen | 2,137 | Patriotic Union | Günther Kranz | 1,045 | 59.9 | New | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Daniel Oehry | 700 | 40.1 | ||||
| Gamprin | 855 | Patriotic Union | Donath Oeri | 518 | 71.6 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Hubert Müssner | 205 | 28.4 | New | |||
| Mauren | 1,893 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Freddy Kaiser | 1,030 | 71.6 | ||
| Free List | Andrea Matt | 408 | 28.4 | New | |||
| Planken | 245 | Patriotic Union | Rainer Beck | 135 | 62.2 | ||
| Ruggell | 1,093 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Ernst Büchel | 618 | 67.1 | ||
| Schaan | 2,857 | Patriotic Union | Daniel Hilti | 1,648 | 76.2 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Willi Frommelt | 515 | 23.8 | New | |||
| Schellenberg | 568 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Norman Wohlwend | 373 | 76.1 | ||
| Triesen | 2,428 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Günter Mahl | 863 | 51.9 | ||
| Patriotic Union | Max Gross | 801 | 48.1 | ||||
| Triesenberg | 1,645 | Patriotic Union | Hubert Sele | 866 | 64.2 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Rainer Schädler | 484 | 35.8 | New | |||
| Vaduz | 2,549 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Ewald Ospelt | 1,052 | 60.7 | ||
| Patriotic Union | Roland Moser | 749 | 39.3 | ||||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2012 | |||||||
Municipal council elections results
Summary
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 70,317 | 45.8 | 54 | |||
| Patriotic Union | 70,399 | 45.9 | 46 | |||
| Free List | 11,758 | 7.7 | 6 | |||
| Independent | 892 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total votes | 153,366 | 100 | – | 106 | 0 | |
| Valid ballots | 14,632 | – | – | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank ballots | 919 | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 15,551 | – | – | – | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,804 | 82.7 | – | – | ||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2012 | ||||||
By municipality
| Municipality | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzers | 12 | 2,534 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
9,976 | 41.5 | 6 | |||
| Patriotic Union |
|
11,655 | 48.5 | 5 | ||||||
| Free List |
|
2,417 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Eschen | 10 | 2,137 | Patriotic Union |
|
9,485 | 55.5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
6,703 | 39.2 | 5 | ||||||
| Independent | Stefanie von Grünigen-Sele | 892 | 5.2 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Gamprin | 8 | 855 | Patriotic Union |
|
2,974 | 51.3 | 3 | |||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
2,826 | 48.7 | 5 | ||||||
| Mauren | 10 | 1,893 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
8,490 | 57.4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Patriotic Union |
|
4,643 | 31.4 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Free List |
|
1,657 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Planken | 6 | 245 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
733 | 59.3 | 4 | |||
| Patriotic Union |
|
503 | 40.7 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Ruggell | 8 | 1,093 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
3,543 | 50.7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Patriotic Union |
|
3,441 | 49.3 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Schaan | 12 | 2,857 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
10,673 | 41.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Patriotic Union |
|
12,221 | 46.9 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Free List |
|
3,158 | 12.1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Schellenberg | 8 | 568 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
2,044 | 54.8 | 4 | |||
| Patriotic Union |
|
1,256 | 33.7 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Free List | Patrick Risch | 428 | 11.5 | 1 | ||||||
| Triesen | 10 | 2,428 | Patriotic Union |
|
7,380 | 42.7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
8,447 | 48.9 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Free List |
|
1,463 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Triesenberg | 10 | 1,645 | Patriotic Union |
|
7,360 | 54.0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
5,398 | 39.6 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Free List | Ludwig Frommelt | 872 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,549 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
|
11,484 | 50.5 | 6 | |||
| Patriotic Union |
|
9,481 | 41.7 | 5 | ||||||
| Free List | René Hasler | 1,763 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | |||||