2003 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2003 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 2 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]
Results
Overall
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) | 64,665 | 47.0 | +0.1 | 60 | ±0 | 6 | +1 | |
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 62,229 | 45.2 | –1.9 | 52 | –2 | 5 | –1 | |
| Free List (FL) | 9,590 | 7.0 | +1.0 | 6 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independents | 1,212 | 0.9 | New | 1 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 137,696 | 100 | – | 117 | – | 11 | – | |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen | ||||||||
Results by municipality
| Municipality | FBP | VU | FL | Indep. | Mayor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | % | C | % | C | |||
| Balzers | 40.9 | 5 | 49.3 | 7 | 9.8 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Anton Eberle |
| Eschen | 52.1 | 6 | 47.9 | 5 | – | – | – | – | FBP | Gregor Ott |
| Gamprin | 53.7 | 5 | 46.3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | VU | Donath Oehri |
| Mauren | 57.2 | 7 | 31.9 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Freddy Kaiser |
| Planken | 52.0 | 4 | 22.6 | 1 | 25.4 | 2 | – | – | FBP | Gaston Jehle |
| Ruggell | 55.3 | 5 | 44.7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | VU | Jakob Büchel |
| Schaan | 45.3 | 6 | 44.5 | 6 | 10.2 | 1 | – | – | VU | Daniel Hilti |
| Schellenberg | 57.0 | 5 | 43.0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | FBP | Norman Wohlwend |
| Triesen | 46.4 | 5 | 44.7 | 5 | 9.0 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Xaver Hoch |
| Triesenberg | 36.6 | 6 | 53.0 | 4 | – | – | 10.4 | 1 | VU | Hubert Sele |
| Vaduz | 46.3 | 6 | 45.2 | 6 | 8.5 | 1 | – | – | VU | Karlheinz Ospelt |
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