1986 East German general election
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.
Seats in the Volkskammer after the 1986 elections
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Results
| Alliance | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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| 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 | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,407 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 12,402,013 | 100 | 500 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,434,444 | 99.74 | – | – | |
| Source: IPU (votes) | |||||
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.
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