Summary
Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1975 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.
Election system edit
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 male 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.[1]
Mayoral elections results edit
Summary edit
| Party | Votes | % | Mayors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 2,032 | 54.9 | 7 | |
| Patriotic Union | 1,666 | 45.1 | 4 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 529 | – | – | |
| Total | 4,227 | 100 | 11 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,558 | 90.9 | – | |
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978 | ||||
By municipality edit
| Municipality | Electorate | Party | Elected mayor | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzers | 649 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Emanuel Vogt | 316 | 54.3 | |
| Patriotic Union | – | 266 | 45.7 | |||
| Eschen | 506 | Patriotic Union | Egon Marxer | 270 | 58.8 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | – | 189 | 41.2 | |||
| Gamprin | 161 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Lorenz Hasler | 96 | 64.9 | |
| Patriotic Union | – | 52 | 35.1 | |||
| Mauren | 448 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Werner Matt | 210 | 100 | |
| Planken | 50 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Anton Nägele | 48 | 100 | |
| Ruggell | 258 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hugo Oehri | 131 | 52.8 | |
| Patriotic Union | – | 117 | 47.2 | |||
| Schaan | 728 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Walter Beck | 341 | 55.7 | |
| Patriotic Union | – | 271 | 44.3 | |||
| Schellenberg | 132 | Patriotic Union | Hermann Hassler | 88 | 100 | |
| Triesen | 519 | Patriotic Union | Rudolf Kindle | 276 | 59.7 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | – | 186 | 40.3 | |||
| Triesenberg | 481 | Patriotic Union | Alfons Schädler | 326 | 100 | |
| Vaduz | 720 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hilmar Ospelt | 519 | 100 | |
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978 | ||||||
Municipal council elections results edit
Overall edit
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||||||
| Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL) | 21,893 | 51.1 | 61 | 7 | ||||
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 20,909 | 48.9 | 54 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 42,802 | 100 | 115 | 11 | ||||
| Valid ballots | 4,156 | 97.8 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 92 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Total | 4,248 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,652 | 91.3 | ||||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||
Results by municipality edit
| Municipality | FBPL | VU | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | |
| Balzers | 45.4 | 5 | 54.6 | 6 |
| Eschen | 50.4 | 6 | 49.6 | 5 |
| Gamprin | 55.1 | 5 | 44.9 | 4 |
| Mauren | 60.2 | 7 | 39.8 | 4 |
| Planken | 75.7 | 6 | 24.3 | 1 |
| Ruggell | 48.1 | 4 | 51.9 | 5 |
| Schaan | 52.4 | 7 | 47.6 | 6 |
| Schellenberg | 49.6 | 4 | 50.4 | 5 |
| Triesen | 45.9 | 5 | 54.1 | 6 |
| Triesenberg | 39.8 | 4 | 60.2 | 7 |
| Vaduz | 59.5 | 8 | 40.5 | 5 |
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||
References edit
- ^ Gesetz vom 11. Oktober 1974 über die Abänderung des Gemeindegesetzes