1950 East German Volkskammer Election
15 October 1950 · The National Front rituals · 466 seats
Socialist Unity Party of Germany finished first with 110 of 466 seats on 99.7% of the vote. Turnout 98.5%. Otto Grotewohl stayed in office.
Voters could only accept or reject one preapproved National Front list whose seats were fixed by quota before the vote, not decided by it; a No vote meant crossing out every name in a watched booth, and the list was reported passing with 99% or more of the vote each time.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before
Otto Grotewohl
SED
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (continued)
Otto Grotewohl
SED
Largest force
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
110 of 466 seats
Turnout
98.5%
The result
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
99.7% of votes
110
seats
Christian Democratic Union
67
seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
66
seats
Free German Trade Union Federation
49
seats
National Democratic Party of Germany
35
seats
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
33
seats
Free German Youth
25
seats
Cultural Association of the GDR
24
seats
Democratic Women's League of Germany
20
seats
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime
19
seats
Peasants Mutual Aid Association
12
seats
Social Democratic Party/SDA (East Berlin)
6
seats