Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 30 January 1999 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven 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 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. 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.Gemeindegesetz vom 20. März 1996

Results

Summary PartyVotesMayorsSeatsVotes%Total+/–Total+/–Progressive Citizens' Party59,59246.95 159 1Patriotic Union59,95247.16 156 5Free List7,6386.0006 1Total126,41910011–121–Valid ballots12,05396.3Invalid/blank ballots4663.7Total12,504100Registered voters/turnout15,52082.1Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Mayoral elections

MunicipalityPartyCandidateVotesBalzersPatriotic UnionOthmar Vogt910Progressive Citizens' Party Urs Vogt795EschenProgressive Citizens' PartyGregor Ott841Patriotic UnionManfred Frick598GamprinPatriotic UnionDonath Oehri348MaurenProgressive Citizens' PartyJohannes Kaiser1028PlankenProgressive Citizens' PartyGaston Jehle92Free ListHardy Marxer-Beck68RuggellPatriotic UnionJakob Büchel384Progressive Citizens' PartyHubert Biedermann374SchaanProgressive Citizens' PartyHansjakob Falk1249Free ListWalter Wachter407SchellenbergPatriotic UnionWalter Kieber262TriesenProgressive Citizens' PartyXaver Hoch1110TriesenbergPatriotic UnionHubert Sele912VaduzPatriotic UnionKarlheinz Ospelt1052Progressive Citizens' PartyAlex Ospelt631Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

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