Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1991 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.
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.[1]
Results
Overall
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL) | 55,810 | 47.7 | −0.9 | 60 | −1 | 6 | −1 | |
| Patriotic Union (VU) | 53,354 | 45.6 | −1.2 | 53 | −1 | 5 | +1 | |
| Free List (FL) | 4,376 | 3.7 | +2.3 | 2 | +2 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Non-Party List (ÜLL) | 2,264 | 2.3 | −0.9 | 2 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Free List–Non-Party List (FL-ÜLL) | 896 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 117,100 | 100 | – | 117 | – | 11 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 11,195 | 95.4 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 535 | 4.6 | ||||||
| Total | 11,730 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,669 | 85.8 | ||||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||
Results by municipality
| Municipality | FBPL | VU | FL | ÜLL | FL–ÜLL | Mayor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | C | % | C | % | C | % | C | % | C | |||
| Balzers | 39.5 | 5 | 50.4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Eschen | 48.2 | 5 | 51.8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Gamprin | 56.3 | 5 | 43.7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Mauren | 62.9 | 7 | 37.1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Planken | 74.7 | 5 | 25.3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Ruggell | 49.3 | 5 | 50.7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Schaan | 48.2 | 7 | 40.3 | 5 | 11.5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | FBPL | |
| Schellenberg | 50.5 | 5 | 49.5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | VU | |
| Triesen | 48.3 | 6 | 44.5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 7.2 | – | FBPL | |
| Triesenberg | 32.7 | 3 | 57.8 | 7 | – | – | 9.5 | 1 | – | – | VU | |
| Vaduz | 47.1 | 7 | 37.4 | 5 | 7.1 | – | 8.4 | 1 | – | – | FBPL | |
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||||||
References
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