2023 Liechtenstein local elections
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5 March 2023 (first round)
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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]
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. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eschen |
Unterland | Tino Quaderer | Tino QuadererNC | ||||||
 Gamprin |
Unterland | Johannes Hasler | Johannes HaslerNC | ||||||
 Mauren |
Unterland | Freddy KaiserDNRA | Peter Frick | ||||||
 Ruggell |
Unterland | Maria Kaiser-EberleDNRA | Christian Öhri | ||||||
 Schellenberg |
Unterland | Norman WohlwendDNRA | Dietmar LampertSR | ||||||
 Balzers |
Oberland | Hansjörg BüchelDNRA | Karl Malin | ||||||
 Planken |
Oberland | Rainer Beck | Rainer Beck | ||||||
 Schaan |
Oberland | Daniel Hilti | Daniel HiltiNC | ||||||
 Triesen |
Oberland | Daniela Erne | Daniela ErneSR | ||||||
 Triesenberg |
Oberland | Christoph Beck | Christoph Beck | ||||||
 Vaduz |
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eschen |
Unterland | 5* |  |
4 |  1 |
0 | |
2 |  1 |
11 | FBP plurality |
| Gamprin |
Unterland | 5* | |
4 | |
0 | |
0 | |
9 | FBP majority |
| Mauren |
Unterland | 6 | |
4* | |
0 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
11 | FBP majority |
| Ruggell |
Unterland | 5* | |
4 | |
0 | |
0 | |
9 | FBP majority |
| Schellenberg |
Unterland | 4 | 1 |
4* | 1 |
1 | |
0 | |
9 | "Hung" Council |
| Balzers |
Oberland | 4 | 1 |
6* | 1 |
1 | |
0 | |
11 | VU majority |
| Planken |
Oberland | 4 | |
3* | 1 |
0 | 1 |
0 | |
7 | FBP majority |
| Schaan |
Oberland | 6 | 1 |
6* | |
1 | |
0 | |
13 | "Hung" Council |
| Triesen |
Oberland | 4 | 1 |
5* | 1 |
1 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
11 | VU plurality |
| Triesenberg |
Oberland | 5 | 1 |
6* | |
0 | 1 |
0 | |
11 | VU majority |
| Vaduz |
Oberland | 6 | |
5* | |
1 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
13 | FBP plurality |
| Total | 54 | 1 |
51 | 1 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 4 |
115 | | |
| Source: Gemeindewahlen2023 | |||||||||||
*This includes the mayor, who serves as a member of their respective councils, but are voted for in a separate election.
