1954 East German general election

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17 October 1954 (1954-10-17)

1958 →

All 466 seats in the Volkskammer

Turnout

98.41% (

0.09pp)

	First party

Leader	Walter Ulbricht
Party	SED
Alliance	National Front
Seats won	117
Seat change	7

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Politics of East Germany


Constitution 1949 1968
Leadership Socialist Unity Party General Secretary President (1949–1960) State Council (1960–1990) Head of State Council of Ministers Head of Government
Legislature President Chamber of States
Elections Referendums Constitutional Assembly 1949 General elections 1950 1954 1958 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 Referendums 1951 1954 1968
Political parties Christian Democratic Union Democratic Farmers' Party Liberal Democratic Party National Democratic Party
Administrative divisions East Berlin (independent) Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl Leaders
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General elections were held in East Germany on 17 October 1954. It was the second election to the Volkskammer, which had 466 deputies; due to the four-power status of the city of Berlin, the 66 deputies from East Berlin were indirectly appointed by the East Berlin magistrate.

As the country was a de facto one-party state, voters only had the option of approving or rejecting a single list of candidates from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The list received the approval of 99.46% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.5%.

Results



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	11,828,877	99.46	117	+7
		Free German Trade Union Federation			53	+4
		Christian Democratic Union			52	–15
		Liberal Democratic Party of Germany			52	–14
		National Democratic Party of Germany			52	+17
		Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany			52	+19
		Democratic Women's League of Germany			29	+9
		Free German Youth			29	+4
		Cultural Association of the GDR			18	–6
		Peasants Mutual Aid Association			12	0
Against and invalid			63,972	0.54	–	–
Total			11,892,849	100.00	466	0

Total votes			11,892,849	–
Registered voters/turnout			12,085,380	98.41
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p779 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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General elections	1949 1950 1954 1958 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
State elections	1946 1950
Referendums	1951 1954 1968

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