1963 East German general election

General elections were held in East Germany on 20 October 1963. They were to originally be held in November 1962 but were postponed. 434 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany.

1963 East German general election

← 1958 20 October 1963 (1963-10-20) 1967 →

All 500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout99.25% (Increase 0.35pp)
  Majority party
 
Leader Walter Ulbricht
Party SED
Alliance National Front
Seats won 127
Seat change Increase 10

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Results

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
National FrontSocialist Unity Party of Germany99.95127+10
Free German Trade Union Federation68+15
Christian Democratic Union520
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany520
National Democratic Party of Germany520
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany520
Free German Youth40+11
Democratic Women's League of Germany35+6
Cultural Association of the GDR22+4
Against0.05
Total500+34
Total votes11,533,859
Registered voters/turnout11,621,15899.25
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  • Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel and Klaus Landfried (Ed.). Die Wahl der Parlamente und anderer Staatsorgane. Herausgegeben von Dolf Sternberger und Bernhard Vogel. Redaktion von Dieter Nohlen Band I: Europa. Berlin: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co. 1969. p. 376.
  • Cyril Edwin Black and Ernst Christian Helmreich. Twentieth Century Europe: A History. New York: Knopf. 1972. p. 677.
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