1986 East German general election

1986 East German general election

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All 500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.74% ( 0.53pp)
Majority party   Leader Erich Honecker Party SED Alliance National Front Seats won 500 Seat change
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Willi Stoph SED Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph SED

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

See also: List of members of the ninth Volkskammer

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	+14
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

• List of Volkskammer members (9th election period)

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.