1949 East German Volkskammer Election
15–16 May 1949 · The founding vote · 1525 seats
Socialist Unity Party finished first with 450 of 1525 seats on 66.1% of the vote. Turnout 95.2%. Otto Grotewohl took office.
Voters could only approve or reject a single Unity List dominated by the Socialist Unity Party; it passed with 66.07% in favour, the lowest margin the sources say any SED-dominated bloc would ever record, under conditions they describe as significantly constraining genuine political competition.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers (continued)
Otto Grotewohl
SED
Largest force
Socialist Unity Party
450 of 1525 seats
Turnout
95.2%
The result
Socialist Unity Party
66.1% of votes
450
seats
Christian Democratic Union
225
seats
Liberal Democratic Party
225
seats
Cooperatives
100
seats
Democratic Farmers' Party
75
seats
National Democratic Party
75
seats
Democratic Women's League
50
seats
Free German Trade Union Federation
50
seats
Free German Youth
50
seats
Cultural Association
50
seats
Peasants Mutual Aid Association
50
seats
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime
50
seats