1987 Liechtenstein local elections

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1987 Liechtenstein local elections
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  1983 25 January 1987 1991  
Turnout87.9%

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 January 1987 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities. [1] These were the first local elections where women were able to vote in all the municipalities.

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Election 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 councillors for population under 500; 8 councillors for population between 500 and 1,500; 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000; and 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

Summary

PartyVotesMayorsSeats
Votes%Total+/–Total+/–
Progressive Citizens' Party 55,85847.77061Decrease2.svg 4
Patriotic Union 53,80645.84054Increase2.svg 2
Non-Party List 3,6161.60New2New
Free List 1,6594.90New0New
Total114,93910011117
Valid ballots10,84197.4
Invalid/blank ballots2892.6
Total11,130100
Registered voters/turnout12,66087.9
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

By municipality

MunicipalityPartyCandidateVotes
Balzers Patriotic Union Othmar Vogt765
Progressive Citizens' Party Walter Gstöhl629
Eschen Progressive Citizens' Party Beat Marxer640
Patriotic Union Raimund Hoop635
Gamprin Progressive Citizens' Party Lorenz Hasler297
Mauren Progressive Citizens' Party Hartwig Kieber720
Planken Progressive Citizens' Party Eugen Beck116
Ruggell Patriotic Union Anton Hoop313
Progressive Citizens' Party Herbert Kind309
Schaan Progressive Citizens' Party Lorenz Schierscher1066
Patriotic Union Roman Frick717
Schellenberg Patriotic Union Walter Kieber157
Progressive Citizens' Party Edgar Elkuch137
Triesen Progressive Citizens' Party Xaver Hoch 626
Patriotic Union Rudolf Kindle602
Triesenberg Patriotic Union Hilbe Herbert848
Vaduz Progressive Citizens' Party Arthur Konrad1280
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

  1. "Gemeindewahlen 1987". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 26 January 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  2. "1974.066 | Lilex - Gesetzesdatenbank des Fürstentums Liechtenstein". www.gesetze.li. Retrieved 21 May 2024.