East German general election, 1981

Seats in the Volkskammer after the 1981 elections

Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic on 14 June 1981. 500 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 679 Front candidates were put forward, with 500 being elected and 179 becoming substitute deputies. At its first session on 25 June, the Volkskammer re-elected Willi Stoph as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, while Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party, was also re-elected Chairman of the Council of State.

Out of 12,352,263 registered electors, 12,255,006 (99.2%) voted, with 12,235,515 (99.9%) voting for Front candidates and 16,613 (0.1%) voting against the candidates of the Front. 2,878 ballots were spoiled.

Party/Group		Acronym	Seats
	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	SED	127
	Free German Trade Union Federation	FDGB	68
	Christian Democratic Union	CDU	52
	Liberal Democratic Party of Germany	LDPD	52
	Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany	DBD	52
	National Democratic Party of Germany	NDPD	52
	Free German Youth	FDJ	40
	Democratic Women's League of Germany	DFD	35
	Cultural Association of the DDR	KB	22

References

• Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany
• Richard Felix Staar. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe. Fourth Edition. California: Hoover Institution Press. 1982. p. 109.