1950 East German state elections
 | ||
| ||
|
| ||
State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.
Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.[1] Voting was not secret, and citizens that voted against the list or abstained were persecuted. Genuine or presumed opponents of the SED that participated in other member parties of the National Front were arrested or forced to flee to West Germany.
Results
| State | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | Against | Invalid | Turnout | |
| Brandenburg | 99.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| Mecklenburg | 99.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| Saxony | 99.8% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 99.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| Thuringia | 99.1% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6] | ||||
Seat allocations
| Party | Brandenburg | Mecklenburg | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Thuringia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Unity Party | 18 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 21 |
| Christian Democratic Union | 14 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 12 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| Free German Trade Union Federation | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Democratic Peasants' Party | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| National Democratic Party | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Democratic Women's League | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Free German Youth | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Kulturbund | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Consumers' co-operatives | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Peasants Mutual Aid Association | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6] | |||||
References
- ^ Preamble of the Electoral Code: "For the sake of national responsibility and to saveguard the structure of the Republic, the bloc of antifascist-democratic parties and organizations made use of its constitutional right and decided to base the elections in shared electoral programs with joint nominations from the National Front of Democratic Germany.“
- ^ a b Elections in Branderburg Elections in Germany
- ^ a b Elections in Mecklenburg Elections in Germany
- ^ a b Elections in Saxony Elections in Germany
- ^ a b Elections in Saxony-Anhalt Elections in Germany
- ^ a b Elections in Thuringia Elections in Germany
Bibliography
- Richard Schachtner, 1956: Die deutschen Nachkriegswahlen: Wahlergebnisse in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in den deutschen Bundesländern, in West-Berlin, im Saarland und in der Sowjetzone (DDR) 1946–1956. Munich: Isar-Verlag. pages 77-78.
- Günter Braun, 1990: Wahlen und Abstimmungen; en: Martin Broszat y Hermann Weber: SBZ-Handbuch. Oldenburg. pages 397, 396 and 418.
- Herbert Gottwald, 1994: Der Thüringer Landtag 1946–1952. Jena: Landtag of Thuringia in association with the Wartburg Verlag. page 56.
- Kurt Adamy/Kristina Hübener, 1999: Kleine Geschichte des Brandenburger Landtages. Potsdam: Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, page 169.
