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1954 East German general election

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1954 East German general election

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All 466 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout98.41% (Decrease 0.09pp)
  First party
 
Leader Walter Ulbricht
Party SED
Alliance National Front
Seats won 117
Seat change Increase 7

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 17 October 1954. It was the second election to the Volkskammer, which had 466 deputies; due to the four-power status of the city of Berlin, the 66 deputies from East Berlin were indirectly appointed by the East Berlin magistrate.

As the country was a de facto one-party state, voters only had the option of approving or rejecting a single list of candidates from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The list received the approval of 99.46% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.5%.[1]

Results

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
National FrontSocialist Unity Party of Germany11,828,87799.46117+7
Free German Trade Union Federation53+4
Christian Democratic Union52–15
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany52–14
National Democratic Party of Germany52+17
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany52+19
Democratic Women's League of Germany29+9
Free German Youth29+4
Cultural Association of the GDR18–6
Peasants Mutual Aid Association120
Against and invalid63,9720.54
Total11,892,849100.004660
Total votes11,892,849
Registered voters/turnout12,085,38098.41
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p779 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7