The 2003 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 2 February to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.[1]
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Electoral 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 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]
Mayoral elections results
editSummary
edit| Party | Votes | % | Mayors | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 5,793 | 47.7 | 6 |  1
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| Patriotic Union | 5,570 | 45.8 | 5 |  1
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| Free List | 195 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 595 | 4.9 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,329 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 13,482 | 100 | 11 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 16,903 | 79.8 | – | – | |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2004 | |||||
By municipality
edit| Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzers | 2,333 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Anton Eberle | 1,036 | 56.2 | |
| Patriotic Union | Erich Frick | 808 | 43.8 | |||
| Eschen | 1,856 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Gregor Ott | 1,034 | 74.2 | |
| Patriotic Union | Norbert Goop | 360 | 25.8 | |||
| Gamprin | 657 | Patriotic Union | Donath Oeri | 380 | 69.1 | |
| Mauren | 1,632 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Freddy Kaiser | 666 | 52.8 | |
| Independent | Andrea Matt | 595 | 47.2 | |||
| Planken | 216 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Gaston Jehle | 127 | 66.8 | |
| Ruggell | 978 | Patriotic Union | Jakob Büchel | 482 | 59.7 | |
| Schaan | 2,700 | Patriotic Union | Daniel Hilti | 1,110 | 54.0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Helmut Konrad | 945 | 46.0 | |||
| Schellenberg | 502 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Norman Wohlwend | 334 | 76.6 | |
| Triesen | 2,147 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Xaver Hoch | 912 | 59.0 | |
| Patriotic Union | Wolfgang Kindle | 438 | 28.3 | |||
| Free List | Norman Nigsch | 195 | 12.6 | |||
| Triesenberg | 1,542 | Patriotic Union | Hubert Sele | 964 | 79.9 | |
| Vaduz | 2,340 | Patriotic Union | Karlheinz Ospelt | 1,028 | 58.2 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Markus Verling | 739 | 41.8 | |||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2004 | ||||||
Municipal council elections results
editSummary
edit| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 64,665 | 47.7 | 52 | 3
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| Patriotic Union | 62,229 | 45.8 | 46 | 1
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| Free List | 9,590 | 1.6 | 7 | 1
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| Independents | 1,212 | 4.9 | 1 | 1
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| Total votes | 137,696 | 100 | 106 | 0 | |
| Valid ballots | 13,039 | – | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank ballots | 443 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 13,482 | 100 | – | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 16,903 | 79.8 | – | – | |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2004 | |||||
By municipality
edit| Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzers | 12 | 2,333 | Patriotic Union | Norbert Bürzle Jürgen Vogt Patrick Büchel Alex Vogt Franz Wille Albert Vogt Hanspeter Vogt Edith Maier-Vogt Andrea Möhr Thomas Vogt |
11,089 | 49.3 | 6.5
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7 | 1
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| Progressive Citizens' Party | Helmuth Büchel Adolf Nigg Peter Frick Marcel Gstöhl Stephan Büchel Ronald Kaufmann Siegrid Schmid-Vogt Helene Nüesch-Frick Sonja Strauss-Fischer |
9,213 | 40.9 | 3.3
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4 | 2
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| Free List | Markus Willie Elisabeth Tellenbach-Frick |
2,198 | 9.8 | New | 1 | New | ||||
| Eschen | 10 | 1,856 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Benno Gerner Hanni Hoop Daniel Oehry Reto Meier Christoph Allgäuer Claudio Marxer René Ritter Albert Kindle Pia Hörndlinger Karl Loacker |
7,401 | 52.1 | 2.5
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5 | 1
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| Patriotic Union | Kurt Gerner Werner Bieberschulte Michael Gerner Marlies Amann Christl Gstöhl Paul Eberle Karlheinz Walser Simon Schächle Ilse-Karolina Frommelt-Wohlwend Mary Senti |
6,809 | 47.9 | 2.5
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5 | 1
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| Gamprin | 8 | 657 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Erna Näscher-Hasler Peter Oehri Thomas Müssner Monika Büchel Norman Kind Christian Gstöhl Catherine Breuss-Hassler |
2,256 | 53.7 | 3.0
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5 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | Vroni Sprecher-Marxer Wolfgang Oehri Manuela Jäger Berno Nigg Othmar Wohlwend |
1,944 | 46.3 | 3.0
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3 | 0 | ||||
| Mauren | 10 | 1,632 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Dietmar Marxer Doris Wohlwend Michael Biedermann Raimund Kieber Michael Ritter Walburga Matt Wolfgang Senti Simon Meier Bruno Matt Paul Kaiser |
7,226 | 57.2 | 3.7
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6 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | Gabi Büchel-Meier Theo Oehri Claudia Pfeiffer Wolfgang Ritter Jürgen Matt |
4,034 | 31.9 | 1.2
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3 | 0 | ||||
| Free List | Ingrid Allaart-Batliner | 1,380 | 10.9 | 2.5
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Planken | 6 | 216 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Petra Walter-Wenzel Gerhard Hermann Monika Stahl Patrik Oehri Adolf Jehle |
552 | 52.0 | 0.7
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3 | 0 | |
| Free List | Christian Beck Luzia Walch-Schädler |
270 | 25.4 | 4.3
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2 | 0 | ||||
| Patriotic Union | Stefan Gantner Ralph Beck |
240 | 22.6 | 5.0
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Ruggell | 8 | 978 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Robert Walch Willi Büchel Maria Kaiser-Eberle Gerlinde Büchel Hans Oehri Jr. Leopold Senti Philippe Lemaire Marie-Luise Stoffel-Büchel |
3,455 | 55.3 | 2.4
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5 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | Peter Biedermann Martin Oehry Denise Büchel Blanca Grassmayr Carin Vorburger Norman Hasler |
2,793 | 44.7 | 2.4
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3 | 0 | ||||
| Schaan | 12 | 2,700 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Albert Frick Hubert Hilti Eugen Nägele Edith De Boni Wally Frommelt Dagobert Oehri Bruno Walser Manfred Bischof Anton Felder Franco Gerstgrasser Sigrid Thöny-Bartel Katharina Strässle |
11,274 | 45.3 | 3.2
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6 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | Jack Quaderer Rudolf Wachter Bruno Nipp Karin Rüdisser-Quaderer Wido Meier Werner Frick Norbert Ritter Peter Nigg Ursula Kaufmann Alexandra Risch Martin Matt Judith Davida-Morscher |
11,095 | 44.5 | 3.7
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5 | 0 | ||||
| Free List | Daniel Walser | 2,543 | 10.2 | 0.5
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Schellenberg | 8 | 502 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Roswitha Goop Sandra Müller Edwin Wohlwend Hansjörg Risch Markus Hassler Josef Büchel Eduard Büchel Patrik Kaiser |
1,962 | 57.0 | 3.8
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4 | 1
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| Patriotic Union | Dietmar Lampert Edy Hassler Adrian Wohlwend Marianne Hasler Ulrich Lampert Hannes Clavadetscher Theo Hasler Dora Wohlwend |
1,478 | 43.0 | 3.8
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4 | 1
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| Triesen | 10 | 2,147 | Patriotic Union | Uwe Bargetze Gebhard Negele Marianne Heeb Eugen Nutt Peter Strunk Klaus-Dieter Kindle Markus Schädler Marion Kindle Christl Gassner Daniel Feger |
6,828 | 44.7 | 4.6
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5 | 0 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Florin Banzer Remy Kindle Marco Sprenger Ralph Beck Christa Bechter-Erni Franz Josef Beck Beat Spreiter Dietmar Kieber Monika Forster-Rehak Astrid Eidenbenz-Wanger |
7,089 | 46.6 | 5.3
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4 | 0 | ||||
| Free List | Edgar Bargetze Monica D. Bortolotti |
1,373 | 9.0 | 0.6
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Triesenberg | 10 | 1,542 | Patriotic Union | Franz Beck Johannes Biedermann Walter Schädler Luzia Büchel Walter Beck Anton Schädler Franz Gassner Ivo Beck Günter Frei Gaudenz Sele |
6,200 | 53.0 | 3.7
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5 | 1
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| Progressive Citizens' Party | Rainer Schädler Hanspeter Gassner Anton Frommelt Andrea Eberle Normann Bühler Karin Beck Arno Gassner Alois Beck Erwin Bühler Gerhard Elkuch |
4,278 | 36.6 | 2.4
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4 | 0 | ||||
| Independent | Klaus Schädler Eugen Beck |
1,212 | 10.4 | New | 1 | New | ||||
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,340 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Emby Schreiber Norman Marxer Walter Boss Susanne Eberle-Strub Heinz Dörig Hansrudi Sele Markus Meier Hugo Hasler Ursula Frick Peter Ospelt Karin Theiner Korbinian Gattinger |
9,959 | 46.3 | 2.5
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6 | 1
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| Patriotic Union | Roland Moser Jürgen Beck Frank Konrad Alice Hagen Waltraud Schlegel-Biedermann Lorenz Gassner Wilhelm Gerster Rony Bargetze Thomas Zwiefelhofer Volker Frommelt Georges Berger Isabelle Hoop |
9,719 | 45.2 | 2.1
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5 | 0 | ||||
| Free List | Frick Kaspar | 1,826 | 8.5 | 0.4
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1 | 0 | ||||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2004 | ||||||||||