1963 East German general election

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1963 East German general election
Flag of East Germany.svg
  1958 20 October 1963 (1963-10-20) 1967  

All 500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout99.25% (Increase2.svg 0.35pp)
 Majority party
  Opvolger van Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Bestanddeelnr 911-5926 (cropped).jpg
Leader Walter Ulbricht
Party SED
Alliance National Front
Seats won127
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

General elections were held in East Germany on 20 October 1963. They were to originally be held in November 1962 but were postponed. 434 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany.

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Results

1963-1981 Volkskammer.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
National Front Socialist Unity Party of Germany 99.95127+10
Free German Trade Union Federation 68+15
Christian Democratic Union 520
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany 520
National Democratic Party of Germany 520
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany 520
Free German Youth 40+11
Democratic Women's League of Germany 35+6
Cultural Association of the GDR 22+4
Against0.05
Total500+34
Total votes11,533,859
Registered voters/turnout11,621,15899.25
Source: Nohlen et al.

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