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1986 East German general election Turnout 99.74% ( 0.53
pp )
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
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
References
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.