East German general election, 1986
Seats in the Volkskammer after the 1986 elections
Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic on 8 June 1986. 500 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, 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 Council of State.
Out of 12,434,444 registered electors, 12,402,013 (99.74%) voted, with 12,392,094 (99.94%) voting for Front candidates and 7,512 (0.06%) voting against the candidates of the Front. 2,407 ballots were spoiled.
| Party/Group | Acronym | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Unity Party of Germany | SED | 127 | |
| Free German Trade Union Federation | FDGB | 61 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | CDU | 52 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Germany | LDPD | 52 | |
| Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany | DBD | 52 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | NDPD | 52 | |
| Free German Youth | FDJ | 37 | |
| Democratic Women's League of Germany | DFD | 32 | |
| Cultural Association of the DDR | KB | 21 | |
| Peasants Mutual Aid Association | VdgB | 14 | |
References
- Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany
- 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.
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