Liechtenstein local elections, 2007
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]
Results
Overall
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) | 65,474 | 46.4 | –0.6 | 58 | –2 | 7 | +1 | |
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 62,529 | 44.3 | –0.9 | 52 | +3 | 4 | –1 | |
| Free List (FL) | 13,233 | 9.4 | +2.4 | 7 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 141,236 | 100 | – | 117 | – | 11 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 13,899 | 97.9 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 299 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Total | 14,198 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,880 | 79.4 | ||||||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen | ||||||||
Results by municipality
| Municipality | FBP | VU | FL | Mayor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | % | C | |||
| Balzers | 40.5 | 5 | 47.7 | 7 | 11.8 | 1 | FBP | Arthur Brunhart |
| Eschen | 44.5 | 5 | 46.5 | 5 | 8.9 | 1 | FBP | Gregor Ott |
| Gamprin | 55.8 | 5 | 44.2 | 4 | – | – | VU | Donath Oehri |
| Mauren | 56.1 | 7 | 29.9 | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | FBP | Freddy Kaiser |
| Planken | 46.1 | 3 | 36.4 | 3 | 17.5 | 1 | VU | Rainer Beck |
| Ruggell | 55.1 | 5 | 44.9 | 4 | – | – | FBP | Ernst Büchel |
| Schaan | 41.9 | 6 | 46.7 | 6 | 11.4 | 1 | VU | Daniel Hilti |
| Schellenberg | 56.7 | 6 | 33.5 | 3 | 9.7 | – | FBP | Norman Wohlwend |
| Triesen | 46.3 | 5 | 45.0 | 5 | 8.7 | 1 | FBP | Günter Mahl |
| Triesenberg | 42.6 | 5 | 51.8 | 6 | 5.7 | – | VU | Hubert Sele |
| Vaduz | 48.7 | 6 | 42.1 | 6 | 9.3 | 1 | FBP | Ewald Ospelt |
References
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