1963_East_German_general_election

1963 East German general election
500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.3% 0.4pp
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election; Otto Grotewohl; SED	Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election ; Otto Grotewohl; SED

1963 East German general election

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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.

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Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany		99.95	127	+10
		Free German Trade Union Federation			68	+15
		Christian Democratic Union			52	0
		Liberal Democratic Party of Germany			52	0
		National Democratic Party of Germany			52	0
		Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany			52	0
		Free German Youth			40	+11
		Democratic Women's League of Germany			35	+6
		Cultural Association of the GDR			22	+4
Against				0.05	–	–
Total					500	+34

Total votes			11,533,859	–
Registered voters/turnout			11,621,158	99.25
Source: Nohlen et al.

1963 East German general election