1999 Liechtenstein local elections

1999 Liechtenstein local elections

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Turnout	82.1%

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 30 January 1999 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 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

Summary

Party		Votes		Mayors		Seats
		Votes	%	Total	+/–	Total	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	59,592	46.9	5	1	59	1
	Patriotic Union	59,952	47.1	6	1	56	5
	Free List	7,638	6.0	0	0	6	1
Total		126,419	100	11	–	121	–
Valid ballots		12,053	96.3
Invalid/blank ballots		466	3.7
Total		12,504	100
Registered voters/turnout		15,520	82.1
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Mayoral elections

Municipality	Party		Candidate	Votes
Balzers		Patriotic Union	Othmar Vogt	910
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Urs Vogt	795
Eschen		Progressive Citizens' Party	Gregor Ott	841
		Patriotic Union	Manfred Frick	598
Gamprin		Patriotic Union	Donath Oehri	348
Mauren		Progressive Citizens' Party	Johannes Kaiser	1028
Planken		Progressive Citizens' Party	Gaston Jehle	92
		Free List	Hardy Marxer-Beck	68
Ruggell		Patriotic Union	Jakob Büchel	384
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hubert Biedermann	374
Schaan		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hansjakob Falk	1249
		Free List	Walter Wachter	407
Schellenberg		Patriotic Union	Walter Kieber	262
Triesen		Progressive Citizens' Party	Xaver Hoch	1110
Triesenberg		Patriotic Union	Hubert Sele	912
Vaduz		Patriotic Union	Karlheinz Ospelt	1052
		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alex Ospelt	631
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

References

1. "Gemeindewahlen 1999". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 1 February 1999. pp. 6–9. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. Gemeindegesetz vom 20. März 1996