1981 East German general election

← 1976

14 June 1981 (1981-06-14)

1986 →

500 seats in the Volkskammer

Turnout

99.2%

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Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

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 14 June 1981. 500 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, 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.

Results



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	12,235,515	99.86	127	0
		Free German Trade Union Federation			68	0
		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	0
		Democratic Women's League of Germany			35	0
		Cultural Association of the GDR			22	0
Against			16,613	0.14	–	–
Total			12,252,128	100.00	500	0

Valid votes			12,252,128	99.98
Invalid/blank votes			2,878	0.02
Total votes			12,255,006	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			12,352,263	99.21
Source: IPU

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.

v t e Elections and referendums in East Germany
General elections	1949 1950 1954 1958 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
State elections	1946 1950
Referendums	1951 1954 1968