# 2019 Liechtenstein local elections

The 2019 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 24 March and 14 April to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.

## 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 three 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 candidate with a plurality were elected as a mayor.

## Mayoral elections results
### Summary

| Party | Party | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Total Mayors | +/– |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Mayors | Votes | % | Mayors | Total Mayors | +/– |
| | Progressive Citizens' Party | 6,249 | 47.4 | 5 | 2,837 | 52.1 | 2 | 7 | +1 |
| | Patriotic Union | 5,654 | 42.9 | 3 | 1,902 | 34.9 | 1 | 4 | –1 |
| | Democrats for Liechtenstein | 719 | 5.5 | 0 | 625 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Free List | 459 | 3.5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 91 | 0.7 | 0 | 81 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,870 | – | – | 252 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 15,042 | 100 | 8 | 5,697 | 100 | 3 | 11 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 17,880 | 79.6 | – | 7,649 | 74.5 | – | – | – |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020 ||||||||||

### By municipality
#### First round

| Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Balzers | 2,613 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hansjörg Büchel | 1,216 | 61.7 |
| Balzers | 2,613 | Patriotic Union | Günter Vogt | 755 | 38.3 |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Tino Quaderer | 700 | 40.1 |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Democrats for Liechtenstein | Leo Kranz | 402 | 25.2 |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Patriotic Union | Viktor Meier | 395 | 24.8 |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Free List | Harry Hasler-Maier | 146 | 9.2 |
| Gamprin | 871 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Johannes Hasler | 544 | 82.4 |
| Mauren | 2,101 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Freddy Kaiser | 1,091 | 72.2 |
| Planken | 268 | Patriotic Union | Rainer Beck | 118 | 50.9 |
| Planken | 268 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Gaston Jehle | 114 | 49.1 |
| Ruggell | 1,258 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Maria Kaiser-Eberle | 775 | 80.6 |
| Schaan | 3,055 | Patriotic Union | Daniel Hilti | 1,840 | 84.4 |
| Schellenberg | 633 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Norman Wohlwend | 402 | 78.2 |
| Triesen | 2,620 | Patriotic Union | Daniela Wellenzohn-Erne | 779 | 43.2 |
| Triesen | 2,620 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Remy Kindle | 708 | 39.2 |
| Triesen | 2,620 | Democrats for Liechtenstein | Thomas Rehak | 317 | 17.6 |
| Triesenberg | 1,712 | Patriotic Union | Christoph Beck | 1,028 | 75.5 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Manfred Bischof | 748 | 39.6 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Patriotic Union | Frank Konrad | 739 | 39.1 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Free List | René Hasler | 313 | 16.6 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Independent | Giovanna Gould | 91 | 4.8 |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020 |||||||

#### Second round

| Municipality | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Tino Quaderer | 958 | 60.5 |
| Eschen | 2,275 | Democrats for Liechtenstein | Leo Kranz | 625 | 39.5 |
| Triesen | 1,712 | Patriotic Union | Daniela Wellenzohn-Erne | 1,010 | 53.4 |
| Triesen | 1,712 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Remy Kindle | 883 | 46.6 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Manfred Bischof | 996 | 50.6 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Patriotic Union | Frank Konrad | 892 | 45.3 |
| Vaduz | 2,754 | Independent | Giovanna Gould | 81 | 4.1 |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020 |||||||

## Municipal council elections results
### Summary

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Progressive Citizens' Party | 62,547 | 42.9 | 55 | –3 |
| | Patriotic Union | 60,739 | 41.6 | 50 | -1 |
| | Free List | 14,024 | 10.4 | 8 | +5 |
| | The Independents | 3,652 | 2.9 | 1 | –2 |
| | Democrats for Liechtenstein | 3,119 | 2.1 | 1 | New |
| Total | Total | 144,081 | 100 | 115 | – |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 14,135 | 95.17 | | |
| Invalid/blank ballots | Invalid/blank ballots | 717 | 4.83 | | |
| Total | Total | 14,852 | 100 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 20,160 | 73.67 | | |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2020 ||||||

### Results by municipality

| Municipality | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats |
| Balzers | 12 | 2,613 | Patriotic Union | Désirée Bürzle Martin Büchel Thomas Wolfinger Norbert Foser Bettina Fuchs Corinne Indermaur-Wille Karl Malin Monika Oehri-Vogt | 9,057 | 46.3 | 5 |
| Balzers | 12 | 2,613 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Karl Frick Christoph Frick Matthias Eberle Lukas Frick Carmen Büchel Nils Vollmar | 8,083 | 41.3 | 4 |
| Balzers | 12 | 2,613 | Free List | Bettina Eberle-Frommelt | 2,440 | 12.5 | 1 |
| Eschen | 10 | 2,275 | Patriotic Union | Gebhard Senti Alexandra Meier-Hasler Mario Hundertpfund Diana Ritter Kevin Beck Anton Wohlwend Simone Schäpper-Gstöhl Christoph Kranz | 5,726 | 35.9 | 5 |
| Eschen | 10 | 2,275 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Karin Zech-Hoop Fredy Allgäuer Sylvia Pedrazzini-Maxfield Gerhard Gerner Tanja Plüss Sona Zauner Daniel Marxer Johannes Krässig | 6,593 | 41.4 | 4 |
| Eschen | 10 | 2,275 | Democrats for Liechtenstein | Simon Schächle Werner Dolzer | 1,836 | 11.5 | 1 |
| Eschen | 10 | 2,275 | Free List | Harry Hasler-Maier | 1,201 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Eschen | 10 | 2,275 | The Independents | Peter Laukas Werner Frommelt | 584 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Gamprin | 8 | 871 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Michael Näscher Thomas Hasler Dagmar Gadow Alfred Hasler Simone Sulser-Hasler Peter Marxer | 2,871 | 56.7 | 4 |
| Gamprin | 8 | 871 | Patriotic Union | Barbara Kind Nora Meier Andreas Oehri Christian Marxer | 2,193 | 43.3 | 4 |
| Mauren | 10 | 2,101 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Dominik Amman Christoph Marxer Martin Beck Annalis Marte Martin Lampert Antje Matt-Marxer Livia Senti Mario Meier | 7,652 | 54.5 | 5 |
| Mauren | 10 | 2,101 | Patriotic Union | Patrik Schreiber Marcel Öhri Mirjam Posch Martina Brändle-Nipp Marcel Senti Sandro Kaiser | 4,778 | 34.0 | 4 |
| Mauren | 10 | 2,101 | Free List | Andrea Matt | 1,610 | 11.5 | 1 |
| Planken | 6 | 268 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Bettina Petzold-Mähr Barbara Laukas Urs Kranz Alexander Ritter | 723 | 50.2 | 4 |
| Planken | 6 | 268 | Patriotic Union | Elke Kaiser-Gantner Norbert Gantner Jr. | 522 | 36.3 | 1 |
| Planken | 6 | 268 | Free List | Katja Langenbahn-Schremser | 195 | 13.5 | 1 |
| Ruggell | 8 | 1,258 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Heinz Biedermann Sibylle Walt Melanie Egloff-Büchel Alois Hoop Nicole Öhri-Elkuch Christian Büchel | 4,230 | 57.8 | 4 |
| Ruggell | 8 | 1,258 | Patriotic Union | Jürgen Hasler Cornelia Hanselmann Benedikt Oehry Kevin Hasler Markus Mathis | 3,090 | 42.2 | 4 |
| Schaan | 12 | 3,055 | Patriotic Union | Simon Biedermann Rudolf Wachter Caroline Riegler-Rüdisser Martin Hilti Gabriela Hilti-Saleem Magdalena Frommelt Frederic Frick Michael Winkler Ingolf Feger | 9,965 | 40.4 | 5 |
| Schaan | 12 | 3,055 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Alexandra Konrad-Biedermann Markus Falk Nikolaus Beck Melanie Vonbun-Frommelt Anton Ospelt Hubert Marxer Petra Schifferle-Walser Hans-Jörg Kaufmann | 9,389 | 38.1 | 5 |
| Schaan | 12 | 3,055 | Free List | Andreas Heeb Alexander Hilzinger Ute Jastrzab | 3,246 | 13.2 | 1 |
| Schaan | 12 | 3,055 | The Independents | Jakob Quaderer | 2,072 | 8.4 | 1 |
| Schellenberg | 8 | 633 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Elke Desliens Stephan Marxer Marco Willi-Wohlwend Andrea Kaiser-Kreuzer Jürgen Goop Esther Ladner | 1,899 | 49.1 | 4 |
| Schellenberg | 8 | 633 | Patriotic Union | Harald Lampert Christian Meier Birgit Beck Arinette De Carlo Peter Büchel | 1,515 | 39.2 | 3 |
| Schellenberg | 8 | 633 | Free List | Patrick Risch | 450 | 11.6 | 1 |
| Triesen | 10 | 2,620 | Patriotic Union | Eva Johann-Heidegger Fabian Wolfinger Max Burgmeier Rony Bargetze Matthias Biedermann Piero Sprenger Sabrina Feger | 8,065 | 44.8 | 5 |
| Triesen | 10 | 2,620 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Egbert Sprenger Dominik Banzer Paul Kindle Nicole Schurte Nicole Felix Heimo Ackermann Martin Corradini | 6,460 | 35.9 | 5 |
| Triesen | 10 | 2,620 | Democrats for Liechtenstein | Klaus-Dieter Kindle Markus Sprenger Raphael Banzer | 1,283 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Triesen | 10 | 2,620 | Free List | Joachim Batliner-Joliat Jafar Haji Abbassi | 1,270 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Triesen | 10 | 2,620 | The Independents | Ivo Kaufmann | 922 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Triesenberg | 10 | 1,712 | Patriotic Union | Thomas Lampert Thomas Nigg Barbara Welte-Beck Michael Gätzi Alexandra Roth-Schädler Marlies Haas Matthias Beck Christoph Eberle | 6,795 | 52.1 | 5 |
| Triesenberg | 10 | 1,712 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Reto Eberle Gertrud Vogt Armin Schädler Stephan Gassner Marco Strub Fabio Gassner Jonny Sele Adrian Gertsch | 5,126 | 39.3 | 4 |
| Triesenberg | 10 | 1,712 | Free List | Corina Vogt-Beck Sebastian Meier | 1,129 | 8.7 | 1 |
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,754 | Progressive Citizens' Party | Toni Real Philip Thöny Priska Risch-Amann Hannelore Eller-Hemmerle Ruth Ospelt-Niepelt Georg Ospelt Benjamin Fischer Willy Vogt Nicole Wäger | 9,521 | 41.6 | 5 |
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,754 | Patriotic Union | Petra Miescher Antje Moser Natascha Söldi Daniela Ospelt Josef Feurle Rainer Tschütscher Philippe Hefti Patrick Wille Maylin Roth-Wachter Martin Gassner Philip Schädler Volker Frommelt | 9,033 | 39.5 | 5 |
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,754 | Free List | Stefanie Hasler Stephan Gstöhl Rahel Rauter Manuel Kieber | 3,684 | 16.1 | 2 |
| Vaduz | 12 | 2,754 | The Independents | Bianca Risch | 658 | 2.9 | 0 |