2023 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2023 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 5 March and 2 April to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.[1]
Electoral 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. As two of the municipalities saw none of the candidates achieving a majority in the first round, a second round was held four weeks later, where the candidates with a plurality were elected as a mayor.
Overall results
Old and new mayors in the municipalities
Mayors Outgoing and Incoming | |||||||||
Municipality | Electoral District | Incumbent mayor (2019 election)a. | Elected mayorb. | ||||||
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![]() | Unterland | Tino Quaderer | Tino QuadererNC | ||||||
![]() | Unterland | Johannes Hasler | Johannes HaslerNC | ||||||
![]() | Unterland | Freddy KaiserDNRA | Peter Frick | ||||||
![]() | Unterland | Maria Kaiser-EberleDNRA | Christian Öhri | ||||||
![]() | Unterland | Norman WohlwendDNRA | Dietmar LampertSR | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Hansjörg BüchelDNRA | Karl Malin | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Rainer Beck | Rainer Beck | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Daniel Hilti | Daniel HiltiNC | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Daniela Erne | Daniela ErneSR | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Christoph Beck | Christoph Beck | ||||||
![]() | Oberland | Manfred Bischof | Petra Miescher | ||||||
a. Source: Gemeindewahlen2019 | |||||||||
b. Source: Gemeindewahlen2023 |
- NC = No Contest (no other candidate running for mayor)
- DNRA = Did not run again for mayoral position
- SR = Won in the second round of the mayoral election on 02 April 2023.
Results by council
Council | Electoral District | FBP | VU | FL | DpL | Total | Control | ||||
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![]() | Unterland | 5* | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 11 | FBP plurality |
![]() | Unterland | 5* | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 9 | FBP majority |
![]() | Unterland | 6 | ![]() | 4* | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 11 | FBP majority |
![]() | Unterland | 5* | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 9 | FBP majority |
![]() | Unterland | 4 | ![]() | 4* | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 9 | "Hung" Council |
![]() | Oberland | 4 | ![]() | 6* | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 11 | VU majority |
![]() | Oberland | 4 | ![]() | 3* | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 7 | FBP majority |
![]() | Oberland | 6 | ![]() | 6* | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 13 | "Hung" Council |
![]() | Oberland | 4 | ![]() | 5* | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 11 | VU plurality |
![]() | Oberland | 5 | ![]() | 6* | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 11 | VU majority |
![]() | Oberland | 6 | ![]() | 5* | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 13 | FBP plurality |
Total | 54 | ![]() | 51 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 115 | ![]() | |
Source: Gemeindewahlen2023 |
*This includes the mayor, who serves as a member of their respective councils, but are voted for in a separate election.
Mayoral elections results
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11 mayors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.9% (first round) 76.2% (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Party | First round | Second round | Total Mayors | +/− | |||||
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Votes | % | Mayors | Votes | % | Mayors | ||||
Patriotic Union | 7,330 | 51.51 | 6 | 1,238 | 49.96 | 2 | 8 | +4 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | 6,536 | 45.93 | 3 | 1,195 | 48.22 | 0 | 3 | −4 | |
Young List | 267 | 1.88 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | New | |
Free List | 97 | 0.68 | 0 | 45 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 14,230 | 93.25 | – | 2,478 | 96.42 | – | – | – | |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,330 | 6.75 | – | 92 | 3.58 | – | – | – | |
Total | 15,260 | 100 | 9 | 2,570 | 100 | 2 | 11 | – | |
Registered voters/turnout | 20,730 | 73.61 | – | 3,372 | 76.22 | – | – | – | |
Source: Gemeindewahlen |
By municipality
First round
Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Balzers | 2,643 | Patriotic Union | Karl Malin | 1,127 | 59.8 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Marcel Kaufmann | 601 | 31.9 | |||
Young List | Samuel Schurte | 157 | 8.3 | |||
Eschen | 2,342 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Tino Quaderer | 1291 | 80.7 | |
Gamprin | 913 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Johannes Hasler | 534 | 84.1 | |
Mauren | 2,186 | Patriotic Union | Peter Frick | 897 | 57.3 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Dominik Amman | 668 | 42.7 | |||
Planken | 264 | Patriotic Union | Rainer Beck | 131 | 58.2 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Bettina Petzold-Mähr | 94 | 41.8 | |||
Ruggell | 1,360 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Christian Öhri | 583 | 54.6 | |
Patriotic Union | Mario Wohlwend | 484 | 45.4 | |||
Schaan | 3,130 | Patriotic Union | Daniel Hilti | 1,733 | 82.3 | |
Schellenberg | 648 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Robert Hassler | 221 | 41.8 | |
Patriotic Union | Dietmar Lampert | 211 | 39.9 | |||
Free List | Patrick Risch | 97 | 18.3 | |||
Triesen | 2,726 | Patriotic Union | Daniela Erne | 886 | 48.0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Egbert Sprenger | 848 | 46.0 | |||
Young List | Daniel Lochner | 110 | 6.0 | |||
Triesenberg | 1,683 | Patriotic Union | Christoph Beck | 808 | 59.7 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Mario Bühler | 546 | 40.3 | |||
Vaduz | 2,835 | Patriotic Union | Petra Miescher | 1053 | 55.3 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Manfred Bischof | 850 | 44.7 | |||
Source: Gemeindewahlen |
Second round
Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Schellenberg | 648 | Patriotic Union | Dietmar Lampert | 254 | 46.4 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Robert Hassler | 249 | 45.4 | |||
Free List | Patrick Risch | 45 | 8.2 | |||
Triesen | 2,724 | Patriotic Union | Daniela Erne | 984 | 51.0 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party | Egbert Sprenger | 946 | 49.0 | |||
Source: Gemeindewahlen |
Municipal council elections results
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115 municipal councilors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Patriotic Union | 65,766 | 44.90 | 51 | ||
Progressive Citizens' Party | 60,772 | 41.49 | 54 | −1 | |
Free List | 10,954 | 7.48 | 5 | −3 | |
Democrats for Liechtenstein | 8,980 | 6.13 | 5 | +4 | |
Total | 146,472 | 100 | 115 | – | |
Valid ballots | 14,393 | 94.32 | |||
Invalid/blank ballots | 867 | 5.68 | |||
Total | 15,260 | 100 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 20,730 | 73.61 | |||
Source: Gemeindewahlen |
Results by municipality
Municipality | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Balzers | 10 | 2,643 | Patriotic Union |
| 10,408 | 55.1 | 5 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 6,593 | 34.9 | 4 | ||||
Free List |
| 1,899 | 10.0 | 1 | ||||
Eschen | 10 | 2,342 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 6,502 | 42.7 | 4 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 5,896 | 38.7 | 4 | ||||
Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 2,822 | 18.5 | 2 | ||||
Gamprin | 8 | 913 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 2,676 | 55.5 | 4 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 2,148 | 44.5 | 4 | ||||
Mauren | 10 | 2,186 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 7,143 | 46.4 | 6 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 5,845 | 37.9 | 3 | ||||
Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 1,249 | 8.1 | 1 | ||||
Free List |
| 1,173 | 7.6 | 0 | ||||
Planken | 6 | 264 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 745 | 56.7 | 4 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 569 | 43.3 | 2 | ||||
Ruggell | 8 | 1,360 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 4,284 | 51.6 | 4 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 4,012 | 48.4 | 4 | ||||
Schaan | 12 | 3,130 | Patriotic Union |
| 10,244 | 43.6 | 5 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 10,057 | 42.8 | 6 | ||||
Free List |
| 3,183 | 13.6 | 1 | ||||
Schellenberg | 8 | 648 | Patriotic Union |
| 1,988 | 47.2 | 3 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 1,733 | 41.1 | 4 | ||||
Free List |
| 495 | 11.7 | 1 | ||||
Triesen | 10 | 2,726 | Patriotic Union |
| 7,885 | 42.5 | 4 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 6,277 | 33.9 | 4 | ||||
Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 2,623 | 14.2 | 1 | ||||
Free List |
| 1,745 | 9.4 | 1 | ||||
Triesenberg | 10 | 1,683 | Patriotic Union |
| 7,271 | 54.9 | 5 | |
Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 5,240 | 39.5 | 5 | ||||
Free List |
| 739 | 5.6 | 0 | ||||
Vaduz | 12 | 2,835 | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| 9,522 | 41.3 | 6 | |
Patriotic Union |
| 9,500 | 41.3 | 4 | ||||
Democrats for Liechtenstein |
| 2,286 | 9.9 | 1 | ||||
Free List |
| 1,720 | 7.5 | 1 | ||||
Source: Gemeindewahlen |
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