1995 Liechtenstein local elections
Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1995 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 | |||||
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Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Progressive Citizens' Party/meta/color"| | Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL) | 58,079 | 45.9 | −1.7 | 59 | −1 | 4 | −2 |
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)/meta/color"| | Patriotic Union (VU) | 58,290 | 46.1 | +0.5 | 56 | +3 | 7 | +2 |
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Free List (Liechtenstein)/meta/color"| | Free List (FL) | 9,011 | 7.1 | +3.4 | 5 | +3 | 0 | ±0 |
Non-Party List(ÜLL) | 1,039 | 0.8 | −1.5 | 1 | −1 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 126,419 | 100 | – | 121 | +4 | 11 | – | |
Valid ballots | 11,477 | 97.0 | ||||||
Invalid/blank ballots | 361 | 3.0 | ||||||
Total | 11,838 | 100 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,247 | 83.1 | ||||||
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 |