1979 Liechtenstein local elections
Local elections were held inLiechtensteinin 1979 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the elevenmunicipalities.Women were able to vote inVaduzfor first time.
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 anopen listproportional representationsystem. Voting was on the basis ofmale suffragein a secret ballot, except inVaduz,wherewomen's suffragewas previously introduced.[1] 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[edit]
Overall[edit]
Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
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Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
Progressive Citizens' Party(FBPL) | 29,685 | 53.2 | +2.1 | 62 | +1 | 8 | +1 | |
Patriotic Union(VU) | 26,106 | 46.8 | −2.1 | 53 | −1 | 3 | −1 | |
Total | 55,791 | 100 | – | 115 | – | 11 | – | |
Valid ballots | 5,271 | 98.0 | ||||||
Invalid/blank ballots | 110 | 2.0 | ||||||
Total | 5,381 | 100 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,960 | 90.3 | ||||||
Source:Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 |
Results by municipality[edit]
Municipality | FBPL | VU | Mayor | ||||||||
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% | C | % | C | ||||||||
Balzers | 46.4 | 5 | 53.6 | 6 | FBPL | ||||||
Eschen | 48.2 | 5 | 58.1 | 6 | VU | ||||||
Gamprin | 61.0 | 6 | 39.0 | 3 | FBPL | ||||||
Mauren | 60.6 | 7 | 39.5 | 4 | FBPL | ||||||
Planken | 79.8 | 6 | 20.2 | 1 | FBPL | ||||||
Ruggell | 49.5 | 4 | 50.5 | 5 | FBPL | ||||||
Schaan | 57.0 | 7 | 43.0 | 6 | FBPL | ||||||
Schellenberg | 57.6 | 5 | 42.4 | 4 | FBPL | ||||||
Triesen | 55.3 | 5 | 45.7 | 6 | VU | ||||||
Triesenberg | 39.0 | 4 | 61.0 | 7 | VU | ||||||
Vaduz | 57.9 | 8 | 42.1 | 5 | FBPL | ||||||
Source:Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 |