1963 East German Volkskammer Election
20 October 1963 · The National Front rituals · 500 seats
Socialist Unity Party of Germany finished first with 127 of 500 seats on 100.0% of the vote. Turnout 99.2%. 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
127 of 500 seats
Turnout
99.3%
The result
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
100.0% of votes · +10 seats
127
seats
Free German Trade Union Federation
+15 seats
68
seats
Christian Democratic Union
0 seats
52
seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
0 seats
52
seats
National Democratic Party of Germany
0 seats
52
seats
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
0 seats
52
seats
Free German Youth
+11 seats
40
seats
Democratic Women's League of Germany
+6 seats
35
seats
Cultural Association of the GDR
+4 seats
22
seats