Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1979 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities. Women were able to vote in Vaduz for first time.
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Election system
editThe 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, except in Vaduz, where women's suffrage was 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
editOverall
edit| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 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 | |||||||||||