2007 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2007 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 28 January 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 | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Citizens' Party | 6,097 | 50.3 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 | |
Patriotic Union | 6,027 | 49.7 | 3.9 | 4 | 1 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 2,106 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 14,230 | 100 | – | 11 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 17,880 | 79.6 | 0.2 | – | – | |
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008 |
By municipality
Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Swing | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balzers | 2,437 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Anton Eberle | 1,152 | 58.4 | 2.2 | |
Patriotic Union | Stefan Wolfinger | 749 | 41.6 | 2.2 | |||
Eschen | 2,026 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Gregor Ott | 1,153 | 72.6 | 1.6 | |
Gamprin | 761 | Patriotic Union | Donath Oeri | 471 | 75.8 | 6.7 | |
Mauren | 1,740 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Freddy Kaiser | 929 | 67.6 | 14.8 | |
Planken | 225 | Patriotic Union | Rainer Beck | 116 | 55.0 | New | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Petra Walter-Wenzel | 95 | 45.0 | 21.8 | |||
Ruggell | 1,073 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Ernst Büchel | 468 | 51.9 | New | |
Patriotic Union | Jakob Büchel | 434 | 48.1 | 11.6 | |||
Schaan | 2,793 | Patriotic Union | Daniel Hilti | 1,783 | 86.6 | 32.6 | |
Schellenberg | 549 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Norman Wohlwend | 385 | 79.4 | 2.8 | |
Triesen | 2,299 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Günter Mahl | 863 | 51.9 | 7.1 | |
Patriotic Union | Anton Banzer | 801 | 48.1 | 19.8 | |||
Triesenberg | 1,591 | Patriotic Union | Hubert Sele | 1,005 | 76.5 | 3.4 | |
Vaduz | 2,386 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Ewald Ospelt | 1,052 | 58.4 | 16.6 | |
Patriotic Union | Werner Hemmerle | 749 | 41.6 | 16.6 | |||
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008 |
Municipal council elections results
Summary
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Citizens' Party | 65,474 | 46.4 | 0.6 | 51 | 1 | |
Patriotic Union | 62,529 | 44.3 | 0.9 | 48 | 2 | |
Free List | 13,233 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | |
Total votes | 141,236 | 100 | – | 106 | 0 | |
Valid ballots | 13,443 | – | – | – | – | |
Invalid/blank ballots | 784 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 14,227 | – | – | – | – | |
Registered voters/turnout | 17,880 | 79.6 | 0.2 | – | – | |
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008 |
By municipality
Municipality | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balzers | 12 | 2,437 | Patriotic Union | Manfred Frick Norbert Bürzle Jürgen Vogt Roswitha Vogt Bruno Vogt Doris Frick Heini Vogt Thomas Beck Albert Vogt Harald Caduff |
10,995 | 47.7 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Helmuth Büchel Adolf Nigg Monika Frick-Kranz Urs Vogt Stefan Willi Peter Frick Marcel Gstöhl Stephan Gstöhl |
9,326 | 40.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Free List | Christel Kaufmann | 2,731 | 11.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Eschen | 10 | 2,026 | Patriotic Union | Kurt Gerner Werner Bieberschulte Michael Gerner Gina Hasler Toni Schächle Marie-Louise Arroyave-Batliner Karl Heinz Risch Philipp Gstöhl Cornelia Beck Jeanette Podlogar-Kranz |
7,080 | 46.5 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Daniel Oehry Benno Gerner Manfred Meier Albert Kindle Reto Meier Daniel Hofstetter Gerhard Gerner Thomas Näf |
6,772 | 44.5 | 7.6 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Free List | Stefanie von Grünigen | 1,358 | 8.9 | New | 1 | New | ||||
Gamprin | 8 | 761 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Erna Näscher-Hasler Peter Oehri Hermann Müssner Dagmar Gadow Monika Büchel Annelies Bruhin-Oehry Herbert Malin |
2,571 | 55.8 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | |
Patriotic Union | Wolfgang Oehri Vroni Sprecher Rudolf Oehri Robert Kaiser Dietmar Hasler |
2,037 | 44.2 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Mauren | 10 | 1,740 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Michael Ritter Lothar Ritter Jr. Walburga Matt Robert Matt Irene Mündle Reto Kieber Doris Wohlwend Horst Zech Christian Kaiser Max Bühler |
7,241 | 57.2 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | |
Patriotic Union | Theo Oehri Claudia Kaiser Otto Matt Gerald Meier Carmen Felah-Walser Wolfgang Ritter |
3,864 | 31.9 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Free List | Ingrid Allaart-Batliner | 1,805 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Planken | 6 | 225 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Monika Stahl-Kerber Günther Jehle Daniel Schierscher Gerhard Hermann |
581 | 46.1 | 5.9 | 3 | 0 | |
Patriotic Union | Horst Meier Claudio Lübbig |
240 | 22.6 | 13.8 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Free List | Christian Beck Katja Langenbahn |
220 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ruggell | 8 | 1,073 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Maria Kaiser-Eberle Norman Walch Alois Hoop Marco Öhri Monika Büchel Hans Oehri Kurt Schnitzer Ruth Riedlechner |
3,974 | 55.1 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | |
Patriotic Union | Peter Biedermann Roland Hilti Denise Büchel Martin Oehry Rita Hasler Marco Lampert Alois Hoop Hannes-Peter Frommelt |
3,242 | 44.9 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Schaan | 12 | 2,793 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hubert Hilti Albert Frick Wally Frommelt Arnold Frick Margot Retuga-Walser Dagobert Oehri Rainer Frick Ernst Weiss Klaudia Zechner-Schwärzler |
9,821 | 41.9 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 | |
Patriotic Union | Karin Rüdisser-Quaderer Jack Quaderer Rudolf Wachter Walter Frick Peter Hilti Christoph Lingg Manfred Beck Peter Nigg Jürgen Gritsch Judith Davida-Morscher |
10,957 | 46.7 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Free List | Manuela Haldner-Scierscher | 2,682 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Schellenberg | 8 | 549 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hansjörg Risch Gilbert Wohlwend Karin Brendle Robert Hassler Reinold Hasler Andreas Gassner Johanna Elkuch Aurelia Schädler-Zacharias |
2,070 | 56.7 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | |
Patriotic Union | Dietmar Lampert Mario Wohlwend Marianne Hasler Edy Hassler Heinz Gstöhl Rainer Beck Barbara Rodigari Daniela Meier-Eggenberger |
1,478 | 43.0 | 9.4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Free List | Robert Büchel-Thalmaier | 355 | 9.7 | New | 0 | New | ||||
Triesen | 10 | 2,299 | Patriotic Union | Gebhard Negele Eva Johann-Heidegger Eernst Trefzer Max Gross Uwe Bargetze Peter Strunk Max Schädler Piero Sprenger Patrik Schurte Susanne Hug-Nutt |
7,233 | 45.0 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Albert Kindle Florin Banzer Ralph Beck Remy Kindle Marco Sprenger Hansjörg Frommelt Peter Kindle Stefanie Schurte-Tschol Ruth Kindle-Banzer Franz-Josef Beck |
7,444 | 46.3 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Free List | Edgar Bargetze | 1,403 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Triesenberg | 10 | 1,591 | Patriotic Union | Erich Sprenger Franz Beck Walter Beck Angelika Stöckel Karla Hilbe-Eberle Leander Schädler Cristoph Beck Berno Beck |
6,552 | 51.8 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Rainer Schädler Mario Bühler Anton Frommelt Hanspeter Gassner Felix Beck Elsbeth Tarnutzer-Lampert Marlen Schädler Ludwig Schädler |
5,389 | 42.6 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Free List | Werner Schädler | 719 | 5.7 | New | 0 | New | ||||
Vaduz | 12 | 2,386 | Patriotic Union | Frank Konrad Thomas Zwiefelhofer Brigitte Schweiger-Hartmann Alice Hagen-Ospelt Patrick Heeb Patrick Vogt Markus Hemmerle Roland Moser Roland Ospelt Ewald Wolf Sandra Nigg-Amann Rainer Kühnis |
8,887 | 42.1 | 3.1 | 6 | 1 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Susanne Eberle-Strub Daniel Ospelt Markus Verling Engelbert Schreiber Heinz Dörig Florin Kofler Hugo Hasler Markus Meier Hansrudi Sele Pascal Seger Maria Frei-Nipp Karl-Heinz Dürr |
10,285 | 48.7 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Free List | René Hasler | 1,826 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 |