1954 East German general election

Legislative elections were held in East Germany on 17 October 1954. It was the second election to the Volkskammer, which had 466 deputies, 66 of whom represented East Berlin and were not directly elected) in total; due to the four-power status of the city of Berlin, the city's deputies were indirectly appointed by the East Berlin magistrate.

1954 East German general election

17 October 1954
466 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	98.4% ( 0.1pp)
Leader Walter Ulbricht Party SED Alliance National Front Leader since 25 July 1950 Seats won 117 Seat change 7
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Otto Grotewohl SED Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Otto Grotewohl SED

As the country was a de facto one-party state, voters were presented with a single-list of candidates from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany, which they could vote for or against. The election did not affect the strength of the factions, whose size was determined in advance. The election count was nominally allowed to be publicly monitored, but in practice this did not happen for fear of repression.

The list received the approval of 99.46% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.5%.[1]

Results

Alliance	Party	Votes	%	Seats
				Directly elected	Indirectly elected	Total	+/–
National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	11,828,877	99.46	100	17	117	+7
	Free German Trade Union Federation			45	8	53	+4
	Christian Democratic Union			45	7	52	–15
	Liberal Democratic Party of Germany			45	7	52	–14
	National Democratic Party of Germany			45	7	52	+17
	Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany			45	7	52	+19
	Democratic Women's League of Germany			25	4	29	+9
	Free German Youth			25	4	29	+4
	Cultural Association of the GDR			15	3	18	–6
	Peasants Mutual Aid Association			10	2	12	0
Against		63,972	0.54	–	–	–	–
Invalid/blank votes
Total		11,892,849	100	400	66	466	0
Registered voters/turnout		12,085,380	98.40	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver (votes)

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p779 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7