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2015 Vaduz elections
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Mayoral election
Turnout76.91%
 
Candidate Ewald Ospelt Clemens Laternser
Party FBP VU
Popular vote 1130 730
Percentage 60.75% 39.25%
Mayor before election

Ewald Ospelt
FBP

Elected mayor

Ewald Ospelt
FBP

Municipal Council election
All 12 seats in the municipal council
7 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Progressive Citizens' Party

49.73 7 +1
Patriotic Union

36.91 5 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Elections were held in Vaduz on 15 March 2015 to elect the mayor of Vaduz and the Vaduz municipal council. Incumbent mayor Ewald Ospelt of the Progressive Citizens' Party sought re-election for a third term and defeated challenger Clemens Laternser of the Patriotic Union. The FBP gained the majority of the seats in the municipal council, winning seven, whereas the VU won five.

Background

Incumbent mayor Ewald Ospelt was nominated for a third term as mayor, and the FBP presented its candidates for the municipal council on 23 October 2014. The VU nominated Clemens Laternser for mayor and presented its candidates for the municipal council on 22 November. During a mayoral debate on 19 February 2015, Laternser accused Ospelt of nepotism, of which he denied.

Electoral system

The 12-person municipal council is elected by open list proportional representation. Voters vote for a party list and then may strike through candidates they do not wish to cast a preferential vote for and may add names of candidates from other lists.

The mayor is elected by a majority vote, and is also a member of the municipal council. If none of the candidates achieve a majority in the first round, a second round would be held four weeks later, where the candidate with a plurality would be elected as a mayor.

Results

Mayoral election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ewald OspeltProgressive Citizens' Party1,13060.75
Clemens LaternserPatriotic Union73039.25
Total1,860100.00
Valid votes1,86092.63
Invalid votes442.19
Blank votes1045.18
Total votes2,008100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,61176.91
Source: Gemeindewahlen

Municipal council election

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Citizens' Party11,04549.737+1
Patriotic Union8,19936.9150
The Independents1,4976.740New
Free List1,4716.620–1
Total22,212100.00120
Valid votes2,00892.75
Invalid votes984.53
Blank votes592.73
Total votes2,165100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,61182.92
Source: Gemeindewahlen
Seats Electorate Party Candidates Votes % Seats
12 2,611 Progressive Citizens' Party
  • Toni Real
  • Philip Thöny
  • Manfred Ospelt
  • Manfred Bischof
  • Hannelore Eller-Hemmerle
  • Priska Risch-Amann
  • Thomas Vogt
  • Tamara Ospelt
  • Lins Florin
  • Martin Konrad
 11,045 49.7 7
Patriotic Union
  • Frank Konrad
  • Patrick Wille
  • Josef Feurle
  • Philip Schädler
  • Antje Moser
  • Martin Gassner
  • Hanny Büchel
  • Alexandra Schädler
  • Volker Frommelt
 8,199 36.9 5
The Independents Michael Gassner 1,497 6.7 0
Free List
  • Hannes Schatzmann-Krättli
  • Richard Brunhart
 1,471 6.6 0
Source: Gemeindewahlen

References

  1. "FBP mit bekannten und neuen Gesichtern". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 23 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. "VU-Ortsgruppe Vaduz mit starkem Team". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 22 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. "Kontroverses Bürgermeister-Duell". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 19 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ Marxer, Wilfred; Frommelt, Fabian (31 December 2011). "Wahlsysteme". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. Gemeindegesetz vom 20. März 1996
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