1995 Liechtenstein local elections

1995 Liechtenstein local elections

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Turnout	83.1%

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 29 January 1995 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities. ^[1]

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

Party		Votes		Mayors		Seats
		Votes	%	Total	+/–	Total	+/–
	Patriotic Union	58,290	46.1	7	1	59	1
	Progressive Citizens' Party	58,079	45.9	4	1	56	3
	Free List	9,011	7.1	0	0	5	3
	Non-Party List	1,039	0.8	0	0	1	1
Total		126,419	100	11	–	121	–
Valid ballots		11,477	97.0
Invalid/blank ballots		361	3.0
Total		11,838	100
Registered voters/turnout		14,247	83.1
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Mayoral elections

Municipality	Party		Candidate	Votes
Balzers		Patriotic Union	Othmar Vogt	811
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Adolf Frick	670
Eschen		Patriotic Union	Günther Wohlwend	847
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Zeno Marxer	482
Gamprin		Patriotic Union	Donath Oehri	255
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Maria Marxer	220
Mauren		Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser	967
Planken		Progressive Citizens' Party	Eugen Beck	118
Ruggell		Patriotic Union	Anton Hoop	357
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Matt	322
Schaan		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hansjakob Falk	1246
		Patriotic Union	Rony Walser	466
Schellenberg		Patriotic Union	Walter Kieber	205
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Rudolf Goop	148
Triesen		Progressive Citizens' Party	Xaver Hoch	764
		Patriotic Union	Hubert Hoch	528
Triesenberg		Patriotic Union	Herbert Hilbe	593
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Louis Gassner	497
Vaduz		Patriotic Union	Karlheinz Ospelt	938
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Werner Ospelt	738
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

1. "Gemeindewahlen 1995". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 30 January 1991. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. Gesetz vom 11. Oktober 1974 über die Abänderung des Gemeindegesetzes