1983 Liechtenstein local elections

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Turnout	90.6%

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 30 January 1983 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.^[1] Women were able to vote in Gamprin for first time.

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 male suffrage in a secret ballot, except in Gamprin and Vaduz, where women's suffrage was previously introduced.^[2] 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.^[3]

Party		Votes		Mayors		Seats
		Votes	%	Total	+/–	Total	+/–
	Progressive Citizens' Party	32,971	52.8	7	1	65	3
	Patriotic Union	29,509	47.2	4	1	52	1
Total		62,480	100	11	–	117	–
Valid ballots		5,832	97.2
Invalid/blank ballots		170	2.8
Total		6,002	100
Registered voters/turnout		6,625	90.6
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt

Constituency	Seats	Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats	+/–
Balzers	12		Patriotic Union	Anton Bürzle Hanspeter Foser Fidel Frick Reinold Frick Anton Kaufmann Andreas Nägele Othmar Vogt Josef Büchel Hubert Eberle Ewald Vogt Louis Vogt Baptist Wille	4,210	7	1
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Christian Brunhart Arthur Frick Baptist Frick Dominik Frick Johann Vogt David Büchel Erwin Büchel Eugen Büchel Guido Frick Edgar Nipp Ferdinand Vogt Josef Vogt	3,722	5	1
Eschen	10		Progressive Citizens' Party	Hugo Allgäuer Pius Batliner Herbert Fehr Josef Kranz Walter Meier Elmar Batliner Ferdi Kranz Donat Marxer Herbert Meier Robert Wanger	3,037	5	0
			Patriotic Union	Werner Gstöhl Raimund Hoop Ludwig Kranz Herbert Meier Ferdi Wanger Adolf Gerner Quido Hasler Oswald Marxer Ernst Wohlwend Hugo Wohlwend	2,633	5	0
Gamprin	8		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alfred Hasler Kuno Hasler Alois Kind Maria Marxer Hubert Müssner Bruno Hasler Quido Hasler Felix Hassler	1,741	5	0
			Patriotic Union	Peter Marxer Elsa Oehri Franz Oehri Oswald Kind	1,099	3	0
Mauren	10		Progressive Citizens' Party	Arthur Gassner Georg Kieber Pius Mündle Heinz Ritter Herbert Ritter Ernst Senti Ambros Kaiser Norbert Marock Werner Marxer Hanno Meier	2,787	6	0
			Patriotic Union	Walter Marxer Tilbert Meier Norbert Oehri Norbert Ritter Alois Beck Leo Heeb Ewald Marxer Quido Marxer Elmar Mündle Heinz Ritter	1,763	4	0
Planken	6		Progressive Citizens' Party	August Beck Siegwin Ganter Gustav Jehle Peter Ospelt Manfred Wanger Hans Risch	245	5	0
			Patriotic Union	Heinrich Gantner Horst Meier	67	1	0
Ruggell	8		Progressive Citizens' Party	Ernst Büchel Viktor Büchel Josef Hoop Paul Kind Walter Kind Engelbert Marxer Hanspeter Spalt Johann Walch	1,112	5	0
			Patriotic Union	Donat Büchel Otto Büchel Norbert Heeb Pius Biedermann Erich Büchel Ludwig Büchel Heinrich Hoop Martin Oehri	1,096	3	0
Schaan	12		Progressive Citizens' Party	David Falk Noldi Frick Martin Jehle Richard Schierscher Herbert Walser Hugo Walser Noldi Wanger Christoph Frommelt Hubert Kaufmann Eugen Kranz Rainer Ospelt Sepp Wanger	5,237	7	1
			Patriotic Union	Adolf Hilti Bruno Nipp Hans Quaderer Roland Wachter Werner Wenaweser Ludwig Frick Roman Frick Wolfgang Frick Kaspar Hilti Alfons Kaiser Karl Wohlwend Peter Walser	3,679	5	1
Schellenberg	8		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alexander Goop Georg Hassler Hubert Kaiser German Wohlwend Xaver Biedermann Josef Büchel Walfried Goop Helmuth Kieber	695	4	0
			Patriotic Union	Walter Kieber Max Lampert Worner Meier Franz Wohlwend Peter Büchel Walter Brendle Hans Oehri Armin Wohlwend	489	4	0
Triesen	10		Patriotic Union	Arthur Bargetze August Beck Heinrich Hoch Elmar Negele Walter Schädler Horst Erne Wolfgang Kindle Elmar Schurte Engelbert Schurte Ferdi Sprenger	3,199	5	0
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Peter Banzer Othmar Eberle Xaver Hoch Albert Kindle Lorenz Kindle Gaston Frommelt Engelbert Marogg Silvio Marogg Peter Schurte Wilfried Sprenger	2,321	5	0
Triesenberg	10		Patriotic Union	Egon Bühler Josef Eberle Xaver Eberle Eugen Gassner Josef Gassner Bertram Beck Daniel Beck Erwin Beck Josef Beck Theo Beck	2,674	5	1
			Progressive Citizens' Party	Marzell Beck Paul Gassner Herbert Hilbe Julius Nägele Engelbert Schädler Daniel Beck Josef Schädler Simon Beck Ulrich Beck Franz Schädler	1,966	5	1
Vaduz	12		Progressive Citizens' Party	Alois Ospelt Willy Oehri Bernhard Ospelt Hans Thöny Werner Verling Adolf Wachter Xaver Frick Monika Lampert Franz Marxer Anton Näscher Peter Ospelt Albrecht Wolf	10,512	6	1
			Patriotic Union	Hugo Biedermann Emma Brogle Kurt Frommelt Werner Hemmerle Norbert Vogt Ernst Walser Werner Frick Arnold Gassner Wolfgang Gassner Reinold Ospelt Herbert Schädler Theobald Wille	8,196	6	1
Source: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt