1954 East German Volkskammer Election
17 October 1954 · The National Front rituals · 466 seats
Socialist Unity Party of Germany finished first with 117 of 466 seats on 99.5% of the vote. Turnout 98.4%. 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
117 of 466 seats
Turnout
98.4%
The result
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
99.5% of votes · +7 seats
117
seats
Free German Trade Union Federation
+4 seats
53
seats
Christian Democratic Union
-15 seats
52
seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
-14 seats
52
seats
National Democratic Party of Germany
+17 seats
52
seats
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
+19 seats
52
seats
Democratic Women's League of Germany
+9 seats
29
seats
Free German Youth
+4 seats
29
seats
Cultural Association of the GDR
-6 seats
18
seats
Peasants Mutual Aid Association
0 seats
12
seats