1987 Liechtenstein local elections
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Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 January 1987 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.[1] These were the first local elections where women were able to vote in all the municipalities.
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25 January 1987
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| Turnout | 87.9% |
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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 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]
Results
Summary
| Party | Votes | Mayors | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | Total | +/– | Total | +/– | ||
| Progressive Citizens' Party | 55,858 | 47.7 | 7 | 0 | 61 |  4 | |
| Patriotic Union | 53,806 | 45.8 | 4 | 0 | 54 |  2 | |
| Non-Party List | 3,616 | 1.6 | 0 | New | 2 | New | |
| Free List | 1,659 | 4.9 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 114,939 | 100 | 11 | – | 117 | – | |
| Valid ballots | 10,841 | 97.4 | |||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 289 | 2.6 | |||||
| Total | 11,130 | 100 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,660 | 87.9 | |||||
| Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367[dead link], Liechtensteiner Volksblatt | |||||||
By municipality
| Municipality | Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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| Balzers | Patriotic Union | Othmar Vogt | 765 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Walter Gstöhl | 629 | ||
| Eschen | Progressive Citizens' Party | Beat Marxer | 640 | |
| Patriotic Union | Raimund Hoop | 635 | ||
| Gamprin | Progressive Citizens' Party | Lorenz Hasler | 297 | |
| Mauren | Progressive Citizens' Party | Hartwig Kieber | 720 | |
| Planken | Progressive Citizens' Party | Eugen Beck | 116 | |
| Ruggell | Patriotic Union | Anton Hoop | 313 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Herbert Kind | 309 | ||
| Schaan | Progressive Citizens' Party | Lorenz Schierscher | 1066 | |
| Patriotic Union | Roman Frick | 717 | ||
| Schellenberg | Patriotic Union | Walter Kieber | 157 | |
| Progressive Citizens' Party | Edgar Elkuch | 137 | ||
| Triesen | Progressive Citizens' Party | Xaver Hoch | 626 | |
| Patriotic Union | Rudolf Kindle | 602 | ||
| Triesenberg | Patriotic Union | Herbert Hilbe | 848 | |
| Vaduz | Progressive Citizens' Party | Arthur Konrad | 1280 | |
| Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt | ||||