2007 Liechtenstein local elections

2007 Liechtenstein local elections

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The 2007 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 28 January to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.^[1]

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.^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Mayors	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	6,097	50.3	2.6	7	1
	Patriotic Union	6,027	49.7	3.9	4	1
Invalid/blank votes		2,106	–	–	–	–
Total		14,230	100	–	11	0
Registered voters/turnout		17,880	79.6	0.2	–	–
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008

Municipality	Electorate	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Swing
Balzers	2,437		Progressive Citizens' Party	Anton Eberle	1,152	58.4	2.2
			Patriotic Union	Stefan Wolfinger	749	41.6	2.2
Eschen	2,026		Progressive Citizens' Party	Gregor Ott	1,153	72.6	1.6
Gamprin	761		Patriotic Union	Donath Oeri	471	75.8	6.7
Mauren	1,740		Progressive Citizens' Party	Freddy Kaiser	929	67.6	14.8
Planken	225		Patriotic Union	Rainer Beck	116	55.0	New
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Petra Walter-Wenzel	95	45.0	21.8
Ruggell	1,073		Progressive Citizens' Party	Ernst Büchel	468	51.9	New
			Patriotic Union	Jakob Büchel	434	48.1	11.6
Schaan	2,793		Patriotic Union	Daniel Hilti	1,783	86.6	32.6
Schellenberg	549		Progressive Citizens' Party	Norman Wohlwend	385	79.4	2.8
Triesen	2,299		Progressive Citizens' Party	Günter Mahl	863	51.9	7.1
			Patriotic Union	Anton Banzer	801	48.1	19.8
Triesenberg	1,591		Patriotic Union	Hubert Sele	1,005	76.5	3.4
Vaduz	2,386		Progressive Citizens' Party	Ewald Ospelt	1,052	58.4	16.6
			Patriotic Union	Werner Hemmerle	749	41.6	16.6
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	65,474	46.4	0.6	51	1
	Patriotic Union	62,529	44.3	0.9	48	2
	Free List	13,233	9.4	2.4	7	0
Total votes		141,236	100	–	106	0
Valid ballots		13,443	–	–	–	–
Invalid/blank ballots		784	–	–	–	–
Total		14,227	–	–	–	–
Registered voters/turnout		17,880	79.6	0.2	–	–
Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008

Municipality	Seats	Electorate	Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
Balzers	12	2,437		Patriotic Union	Manfred Frick Norbert Bürzle Jürgen Vogt Roswitha Vogt Bruno Vogt Doris Frick Heini Vogt Thomas Beck Albert Vogt Harald Caduff	10,995	47.7	1.6	7	0
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Helmuth Büchel Adolf Nigg Monika Frick-Kranz Urs Vogt Stefan Willi Peter Frick Marcel Gstöhl Stephan Gstöhl	9,326	40.5	0.5	4	0
				Free List	Christel Kaufmann	2,731	11.8	2.1	1	0
Eschen	10	2,026		Patriotic Union	Kurt Gerner Werner Bieberschulte Michael Gerner Gina Hasler Toni Schächle Marie-Louise Arroyave-Batliner Karl Heinz Risch Philipp Gstöhl Cornelia Beck Jeanette Podlogar-Kranz	7,080	46.5	1.4	5	0
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Daniel Oehry Benno Gerner Manfred Meier Albert Kindle Reto Meier Daniel Hofstetter Gerhard Gerner Thomas Näf	6,772	44.5	7.6	4	1
				Free List	Stefanie von Grünigen	1,358	8.9	New	1	New
Gamprin	8	761		Progressive Citizens' Party	Erna Näscher-Hasler Peter Oehri Hermann Müssner Dagmar Gadow Monika Büchel Annelies Bruhin-Oehry Herbert Malin	2,571	55.8	2.1	5	0
				Patriotic Union	Wolfgang Oehri Vroni Sprecher Rudolf Oehri Robert Kaiser Dietmar Hasler	2,037	44.2	2.1	3	0
Mauren	10	1,740		Progressive Citizens' Party	Michael Ritter Lothar Ritter Jr. Walburga Matt Robert Matt Irene Mündle Reto Kieber Doris Wohlwend Horst Zech Christian Kaiser Max Bühler	7,241	57.2	1.1	6	0
				Patriotic Union	Theo Oehri Claudia Kaiser Otto Matt Gerald Meier Carmen Felah-Walser Wolfgang Ritter	3,864	31.9	2.0	3	0
				Free List	Ingrid Allaart-Batliner	1,805	10.9	3.1	1	0
Planken	6	225		Progressive Citizens' Party	Monika Stahl-Kerber Günther Jehle Daniel Schierscher Gerhard Hermann	581	46.1	5.9	3	0
				Patriotic Union	Horst Meier Claudio Lübbig	240	22.6	13.8	2	1
				Free List	Christian Beck Katja Langenbahn	220	17.5	8.0	1	1
Ruggell	8	1,073		Progressive Citizens' Party	Maria Kaiser-Eberle Norman Walch Alois Hoop Marco Öhri Monika Büchel Hans Oehri Kurt Schnitzer Ruth Riedlechner	3,974	55.1	0.2	4	1
				Patriotic Union	Peter Biedermann Roland Hilti Denise Büchel Martin Oehry Rita Hasler Marco Lampert Alois Hoop Hannes-Peter Frommelt	3,242	44.9	0.2	4	1
Schaan	12	2,793		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hubert Hilti Albert Frick Wally Frommelt Arnold Frick Margot Retuga-Walser Dagobert Oehri Rainer Frick Ernst Weiss Klaudia Zechner-Schwärzler	9,821	41.9	3.4	6	0
				Patriotic Union	Karin Rüdisser-Quaderer Jack Quaderer Rudolf Wachter Walter Frick Peter Hilti Christoph Lingg Manfred Beck Peter Nigg Jürgen Gritsch Judith Davida-Morscher	10,957	46.7	2.2	5	0
				Free List	Manuela Haldner-Scierscher	2,682	11.4	1.2	1	0
Schellenberg	8	549		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hansjörg Risch Gilbert Wohlwend Karin Brendle Robert Hassler Reinold Hasler Andreas Gassner Johanna Elkuch Aurelia Schädler-Zacharias	2,070	56.7	0.3	5	1
				Patriotic Union	Dietmar Lampert Mario Wohlwend Marianne Hasler Edy Hassler Heinz Gstöhl Rainer Beck Barbara Rodigari Daniela Meier-Eggenberger	1,478	43.0	9.4	3	1
				Free List	Robert Büchel-Thalmaier	355	9.7	New	0	New
Triesen	10	2,299		Patriotic Union	Gebhard Negele Eva Johann-Heidegger Eernst Trefzer Max Gross Uwe Bargetze Peter Strunk Max Schädler Piero Sprenger Patrik Schurte Susanne Hug-Nutt	7,233	45.0	0.3	5	0
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Albert Kindle Florin Banzer Ralph Beck Remy Kindle Marco Sprenger Hansjörg Frommelt Peter Kindle Stefanie Schurte-Tschol Ruth Kindle-Banzer Franz-Josef Beck	7,444	46.3	0.1	4	0
				Free List	Edgar Bargetze	1,403	8.7	0.3	1	0
Triesenberg	10	1,591		Patriotic Union	Erich Sprenger Franz Beck Walter Beck Angelika Stöckel Karla Hilbe-Eberle Leander Schädler Cristoph Beck Berno Beck	6,552	51.8	1.3	5	0
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Rainer Schädler Mario Bühler Anton Frommelt Hanspeter Gassner Felix Beck Elsbeth Tarnutzer-Lampert Marlen Schädler Ludwig Schädler	5,389	42.6	6.0	5	1
				Free List	Werner Schädler	719	5.7	New	0	New
Vaduz	12	2,386		Patriotic Union	Frank Konrad Thomas Zwiefelhofer Brigitte Schweiger-Hartmann Alice Hagen-Ospelt Patrick Heeb Patrick Vogt Markus Hemmerle Roland Moser Roland Ospelt Ewald Wolf Sandra Nigg-Amann Rainer Kühnis	8,887	42.1	3.1	6	1
				Progressive Citizens' Party	Susanne Eberle-Strub Daniel Ospelt Markus Verling Engelbert Schreiber Heinz Dörig Florin Kofler Hugo Hasler Markus Meier Hansrudi Sele Pascal Seger Maria Frei-Nipp Karl-Heinz Dürr	10,285	48.7	2.4	5	1
				Free List	René Hasler	1,826	8.5	0.8	1	0

• Election results