2011 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2011 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 20 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) | 70,317 | 45.8 | –0.5 | 59 | +1 | 5 | –2 | |
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 70,399 | 45.9 | +1.6 | 52 | ±0 | 6 | +2 | |
| Free List (FL) | 11,758 | 7.7 | –1.7 | 6 | –1 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Independents (DU) | 892 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 153,366 | 100 | – | 117 | – | 11 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 15,551 | 94.1 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 919 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Total | 16,470 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,802 | 82.7 | ||||||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen | ||||||||
Results by municipality
| Municipality | FBP | VU | FL | DU | Mayor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | % | C | % | C | |||
| Balzers | 41.5 | 6 | 48.5 | 6 | 10.1 | 1 | – | – | VU | Arthur Brunhart |
| Eschen | 39.2 | 5 | 55.5 | 6 | – | – | 5.2 | – | VU | Günther Kranz |
| Gamprin | 48.7 | 4 | 51.3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | VU | Donath Oehri |
| Mauren | 57.4 | 7 | 31.4 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Freddy Kaiser |
| Planken | 59.3 | 4 | 40.7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | VU | Rainer Beck |
| Ruggell | 50.7 | 5 | 49.3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | FBP | Maria Kaiser-Eberle |
| Schaan | 41.0 | 6 | 46.9 | 6 | 12.1 | 1 | – | – | VU | Daniel Hilti |
| Schellenberg | 54.8 | 5 | 33.7 | 3 | 11.5 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Norman Wohlwend |
| Triesen | 48.9 | 5 | 42.7 | 5 | 8.5 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Günter Mahl |
| Triesenberg | 39.6 | 5 | 54.0 | 6 | 6.4 | – | – | – | VU | Christoph Beck |
| Vaduz | 50.5 | 7 | 41.7 | 5 | 7.8 | 1 | – | – | FBP | Ewald Ospelt |
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