1999 Liechtenstein local elections
Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1999 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 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.[1]
Results
Overall
| Party | Votes | Seats | Mayors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Progressive Citizens' Party/meta/color"| | Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) | 59,592 | 46.9 | +0.9 | 60 | +1 | 5 | +1 |
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)/meta/color"| | Patriotic Union (VU) | 59,952 | 47.1 | +1.0 | 51 | −5 | 6 | −1 |
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Free List (Liechtenstein)/meta/color"| | Free List (FL) | 7,638 | 6.0 | −1.1 | 6 | +1 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | 127,182 | 100 | – | 117 | –4 | 11 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 12,053 | 96.3 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 466 | 3.7 | ||||||
| Total | 12,504 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,520 | 82.1 | ||||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367 | ||||||||
Results by municipality
References
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