1963 East German general election
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500 seats in the Volkskammer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 99.3% 0.4pp | |||||||||||||||||||||
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National Front, dominated by the communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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Results
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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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. |
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel and Klaus Landfried (Ed.). Die Wahl der Parlamente und anderer Staatsorgane. Herausgegeben von Dolf Sternberger und Bernhard Vogel. Redaktion von Dieter Nohlen Band I: Europa. Berlin: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co. 1969. p. 376.
- Cyril Edwin Black and Ernst Christian Helmreich. Twentieth Century Europe: A History. New York: Knopf. 1972. p. 677.