| Election Date: | 5 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 2019 Vaduz elections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2024 Vaduz mayoral by-election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | Liechtenstein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in Vaduz on 5 March 2023 to elect the mayor of Vaduz and the Vaduz municipal council. Incumbent mayor Manfred Bischof of the Progressive Citizens' Party lost re-election to challenger Petra Miescher of the Patriotic Union, whereas the FBP won six seats in the municipal council, with the VU winning four. The Free List and Democrats for Liechtenstein both won one seat.
Incumbent mayor Manfred Bischof announced that he was seeking re-election as mayor on 8 April 2022.[1] The VU nominated Petra Miescher for mayor on 26 September, being the first female nominated for the position.[2] The FBP and VU presented their candidates for the municipal council on 23 November and 31 October respectively.[3] [4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Miescher defeated Bischof and became the next mayor of Vaduz, assuming the office on 1 May 2023.[7] [8] However, she resigned the office on 24 May 2024 due to ongoing heath issues, and a by-election was held on 25 August the same year.[9] [10]
| Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2,835 | Progressive Citizens' Party | 9,522 | 41.3 | 6 | |||
| Patriotic Union | 9,500 | 41.3 | 4 | |||||
| Democrats for Liechtenstein | 2,286 | 9.9 | 1 | |||||
| Free List | 1,720 | 7.5 | 1 | |||||
| Source: Gemeindewahlen | ||||||||