East German general election, 1986

Seats in the Volkskammer after the 1986 elections

Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic on 8 June 1986. 500 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 703 Front candidates were put forward, with 500 being elected and 203 becoming substitute deputies. At its first session on 16 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 12,434,444 registered electors, 12,402,013 (99.74%) voted, with 12,392,094 (99.94%) voting for Front candidates and 7,512 (0.06%) voting against the candidates of the Front. 2,407 ballots were spoiled.

Party/Group		Acronym	Seats
	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	SED	127
	Free German Trade Union Federation	FDGB	61
	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	37
	Democratic Women's League of Germany	DFD	32
	Cultural Association of the DDR	KB	21
	Peasants Mutual Aid Association	VdgB	14

References

• Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany
• Peter W. Sperlich. Oppression and Scarcity: The History and Institutional Structure of the Marxist-Leninist Government of East Germany and Some Perspectives on Life in a Socialist System. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. 2006. p. 46.
• Richard Felix Staar. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe. Fifth Edition. California: Hoover Institution Press. 1988. p. 104.

See also

• List of Volkskammer members (9th election period)