1975 Liechtenstein local elections

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein in 1975 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 male 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.

Mayoral elections results

Summary

Party		Votes	%	Mayors
	Progressive Citizens' Party	2,032	54.9	7
	Patriotic Union	1,666	45.1	4
Invalid/blank votes		529	–	–
Total		4,227	100	11
Registered voters/turnout		19,558	90.9	–
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978

By municipality

Municipality	Electorate	Party		Elected mayor	Votes	%
Balzers	649		Progressive Citizens' Party	Emanuel Vogt	316	54.3
			Patriotic Union	–	266	45.7
Eschen	506		Patriotic Union	Egon Marxer	270	58.8
			Progressive Citizens' Party	–	189	41.2
Gamprin	161		Progressive Citizens' Party	Lorenz Hasler	96	64.9
			Patriotic Union	–	52	35.1
Mauren	448		Progressive Citizens' Party	Werner Matt	210	100
Planken	50		Progressive Citizens' Party	Anton Nägele	48	100
Ruggell	258		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hugo Oehri	131	52.8
			Patriotic Union	–	117	47.2
Schaan	728		Progressive Citizens' Party	Walter Beck	341	55.7
			Patriotic Union	–	271	44.3
Schellenberg	132		Patriotic Union	Hermann Hassler	88	100
Triesen	519		Patriotic Union	Rudolf Kindle	276	59.7
			Progressive Citizens' Party	–	186	40.3
Triesenberg	481		Patriotic Union	Alfons Schädler	326	100
Vaduz	720		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hilmar Ospelt	519	100
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1978

Municipal council elections results

Overall

← Summary of the 1975 Liechtenstein local elections results →

Party		Votes		Seats	Mayors
		Votes	%
	Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL)	21,893	51.1	61	7
	Patriotic Union (VU)	20,909	48.9	54	4
Total		42,802	100	115	11
Valid ballots		4,156	97.8
Invalid/blank ballots		92	2.2
Total		4,248	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,652	91.3
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367

Results by municipality

Municipality	FBPL		VU
	%	C	%	C
Balzers	45.4	5	54.6	6
Eschen	50.4	6	49.6	5
Gamprin	55.1	5	44.9	4
Mauren	60.2	7	39.8	4
Planken	75.7	6	24.3	1
Ruggell	48.1	4	51.9	5
Schaan	52.4	7	47.6	6
Schellenberg	49.6	4	50.4	5
Triesen	45.9	5	54.1	6
Triesenberg	39.8	4	60.2	7
Vaduz	59.5	8	40.5	5
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367