Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 January 1987 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities. These were the first local elections where women were able to vote in all the municipalities.
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.
Results
Summary PartyVotesMayorsSeatsVotes%Total+/–Total+/–Progressive Citizens' Party55,85847.77 061 4Patriotic Union53,80645.84054 2Non-Party List3,6161.60New2NewFree List1,6594.90New0NewTotal114,93910011–117–Valid ballots10,84197.4Invalid/blank ballots2892.6Total11,130100Registered voters/turnout12,66087.9Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
By municipality MunicipalityPartyCandidateVotesBalzersPatriotic UnionOthmar Vogt765Progressive Citizens' Party Walter Gstöhl629EschenProgressive Citizens' PartyBeat Marxer640Patriotic UnionRaimund Hoop635GamprinProgressive Citizens' PartyLorenz Hasler297MaurenProgressive Citizens' PartyHartwig Kieber720PlankenProgressive Citizens' PartyEugen Beck116RuggellPatriotic UnionAnton Hoop313Progressive Citizens' PartyHerbert Kind309SchaanProgressive Citizens' PartyLorenz Schierscher1066Patriotic UnionRoman Frick717SchellenbergPatriotic UnionWalter Kieber157Progressive Citizens' PartyEdgar Elkuch137TriesenProgressive Citizens' PartyXaver Hoch626Patriotic UnionRudolf Kindle602TriesenbergPatriotic UnionHerbert Hilbe848VaduzProgressive Citizens' PartyArthur Konrad1280Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
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