1950 East German state elections

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1950 East German state elections
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State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.

Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.[1] Voting was not secret, and citizens that voted against the list or abstained were persecuted. Genuine or presumed opponents of the SED that participated in other member parties of the National Front were arrested or forced to flee to West Germany.

Results[]

Summary[]

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Socialist Unity Party 12,096,918 99.6 104 Decrease 145
Christian Democratic Union 74 Decrease 59
Liberal Democratic Party 73 Decrease 48
Free German Trade Union Federation 56 New
Democratic Peasants' Party 36 New
National Democratic Party 35 New
Democratic Women's League 35 New
Free German Youth 34 New
Kulturbund 25 Increase 24
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime 20 New
Consumers' cooperatives 14 New
Peasants Mutual Aid Association 14 Decrease 1
Against 34,060 0.4 – –
Invalid/blank votes 15,037 – – –
Total 12,145,820 100 520 Increase 1
Registered voters/turnout 12,324,781 98.5 – –
Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6]

By state[]

Party Brandenburg Mecklenburg Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia
Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/-
SED 1,826,232 99.9 18 Decrease 26 1,358,787 99.9 18 Decrease 27 4,105,190 99.8 27 Decrease 32 2,838,684 99.8 20 Decrease 31 1,968,025 99.1 21 Decrease 29
CDU 14 Decrease 17 12 Decrease 19 18 Decrease 10 15 Decrease 9 15 Decrease 4
LDPD 12 Decrease 8 11 0 17 Decrease 13 18 Decrease 14 15 Decrease 13
FDGB 11 New 10 New 12 New 12 New 11 New
DBD 6 New 6 New 9 New 9 New 6 New
NDPD 6 New 5 New 9 New 9 New 6 New
DFD 9 New 7 New 7 New 6 New 6 New
FDJ 9 New 6 New 7 New 6 New 6 New
KB 5 New 4 New 5 Increase 4 6 New 5 New
VVN 4 New 3 New 5 New 5 New 3 New
Consumers' cooperatives 3 New 4 New 2 New 2 New 3 New
VdgB 3 Decrease 2 4 Increase 1 2 0 2 0 3 0
Against 1,552 0.1 – – 1,536 0.1 – – 9,301 0.2 – – 4,280 0.2 – – 17,391 0.9 – –
Invalid/blank votes 926 – – – 1,113 – – – 3,403 – – – 4,280 – – – 5,315 – – –
Total 1,828,710 100 100 0 1,361,241 100 90 0 4,117,894 100 120 0 2,847,244 100 110 Increase 1 1,990,731 100 100 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,853,850 98.6 – – 1,372,046 99.2 – – 4,196,647 98.1 – – 2,874,286 99.1 – – 2,027,952 98.2 – –
Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Preamble of the Electoral Code: "For the sake of national responsibility and to saveguard the structure of the Republic, the bloc of antifascist-democratic parties and organizations made use of its constitutional right and decided to base the elections in shared electoral programs with joint nominations from the National Front of Democratic Germany.“
  2. ^ a b Elections in Branderburg Elections in Germany
  3. ^ a b Elections in Mecklenburg Elections in Germany
  4. ^ a b Elections in Saxony Elections in Germany
  5. ^ a b Elections in Saxony-Anhalt Elections in Germany
  6. ^ a b Elections in Thuringia Elections in Germany

Bibliography[]

  • , 1956: Die deutschen Nachkriegswahlen: Wahlergebnisse in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in den deutschen Bundesländern, in West-Berlin, im Saarland und in der Sowjetzone (DDR) 1946–1956. Munich: Isar-Verlag. pages 77–78.
  • , 1990: Wahlen und Abstimmungen; en: Martin Broszat y Hermann Weber: SBZ-Handbuch. Oldenburg. pages 397, 396 and 418.
  • , 1994: Der Thüringer Landtag 1946–1952. Jena: Landtag of Thuringia in association with the Wartburg Verlag. page 56.
  • Kurt Adamy/Kristina Hübener, 1999: Kleine Geschichte des Brandenburger Landtages. Potsdam: , page 169.
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