1950 East German state elections

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1950 East German state elections
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  1946 15 October 1950

State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.

Contents

Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front. [1]

Results

Summary

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Socialist Unity Party 12,096,91899.6104Decrease2.svg 145
Christian Democratic Union 74Decrease2.svg 59
Liberal Democratic Party 73Decrease2.svg 48
Free German Trade Union Federation 56New
Democratic Peasants' Party 36New
National Democratic Party 35New
Democratic Women's League 35New
Free German Youth 34New
Cultural Association 25Increase2.svg 24
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime 20New
Consumers' cooperatives 14New
Peasants Mutual Aid Association 14Decrease2.svg 1
Against34,0600.4
Invalid/blank votes15,037
Total12,145,820100520Increase2.svg 1
Registered voters/turnout12,324,78198.5
Source: Elections in Germany [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

By state

Party Brandenburg Mecklenburg Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia
Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-
SED 1,826,23299.918Decrease2.svg 261,358,78799.918Decrease2.svg 274,105,19099.827Decrease2.svg 322,838,68499.820Decrease2.svg 311,968,02599.121Decrease2.svg 29
CDU 14Decrease2.svg 1712Decrease2.svg 1918Decrease2.svg 1015Decrease2.svg 915Decrease2.svg 4
LDPD 12Decrease2.svg 811017Decrease2.svg 1318Decrease2.svg 1415Decrease2.svg 13
FDGB 11New10New12New12New11New
DBD 6New6New9New9New6New
NDPD 6New5New9New9New6New
DFD 9New7New7New6New6New
FDJ 9New6New7New6New6New
KB 5New4New5Increase2.svg 46New5New
VVN 4New3New5New5New3New
Consumers' cooperatives 3New4New2New2New3New
VdgB 3Decrease2.svg 24Increase2.svg 1202030
Against1,5520.11,5360.19,3010.24,2800.217,3910.9
Invalid/blank votes9261,1133,4034,2805,315
Total1,828,71010010001,361,2411009004,117,89410012002,847,244100110Increase2.svg 11,990,7311001000
Registered voters/turnout1,853,85098.61,372,04699.24,196,64798.12,874,28699.12,027,95298.2
Source: Elections in Germany [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Preamble of the Electoral Code: "For the sake of national responsibility and to saveguard the structure of the Republic, the bloc of antifascist-democratic parties and organizations made use of its constitutional right and decided to base the elections in shared electoral programs with joint nominations from the National Front of Democratic Germany."". Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. 1 2 Elections in Branderburg Elections in Germany
  3. 1 2 Elections in Mecklenburg Elections in Germany
  4. 1 2 Elections in Saxony Elections in Germany
  5. 1 2 Elections in Saxony-Anhalt Elections in Germany
  6. 1 2 Elections in Thuringia Elections in Germany

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