1979 Liechtenstein local elections

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Turnout	91.3%

Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 28 January 1979 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.^[1] Women were able to vote in Vaduz 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 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	21,893	51.1	8	1	62	1
	Patriotic Union	20,909	48.9	3	1	53	1
Total		114,939	100	11	–	115	–
Valid ballots		5,271	98.0
Invalid/blank ballots		110	2.0
Total		5,381	100
Registered voters/turnout		5,960	90.3
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch 1999, p.356-367, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt