1986 East German general election
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Turnout | 99.74% (![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in East Germany on 8 June 1986. 500 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 703 Front candidates were put forward, with 500 being elected and 203 becoming substitute deputies. At its first session on 16 June, the Volkskammer re-elected Willi Stoph as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, while Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party, was also re-elected Chairman of the State Council.
This would be the last election held in East Germany before the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, three years into the Volkskammer's term.
Results
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
National Front | Socialist Unity Party of Germany | 12,392,094 | 99.94 | 127 | 0 | ||
Free German Trade Union Federation | 61 | –7 | |||||
Christian Democratic Union | 52 | 0 | |||||
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany | 52 | 0 | |||||
National Democratic Party of Germany | 52 | 0 | |||||
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany | 52 | 0 | |||||
Free German Youth | 37 | –3 | |||||
Democratic Women's League of Germany | 32 | –3 | |||||
Cultural Association of the GDR | 21 | –1 | |||||
Peasants Mutual Aid Association | 14 | New | |||||
Against | 7,512 | 0.06 | – | – | |||
Total | 12,399,606 | 100.00 | 500 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 12,399,606 | 99.98 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,407 | 0.02 | |||||
Total votes | 12,402,013 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,434,444 | 99.74 | |||||
Source: IPU, Wahlrecht |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- General
- Peter W. Sperlich. Oppression and Scarcity: The History and Institutional Structure of the Marxist-Leninist Government of East Germany and Some Perspectives on Life in a Socialist System. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. 2006. p. 46.
- Richard Felix Staar. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe. Fifth Edition. California: Hoover Institution Press. 1988. p. 104.