1981 East German general election

Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic on 14 June 1981. 500 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, 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.

1981 East German general election

14 June 1981
500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.20% ( 0.62pp)
Leader Erich Honecker Party SED Alliance National Front Leader since 3 May 1971 Seats won 127 Seat change 0
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Willi Stoph SED Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph SED

Results

Alliance	Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	12,235,515	99.9	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	0.1	–	–
Invalid/blank votes		2,878	–	–	–
Total		12,255,006	100	500	0
Registered voters/turnout		12,352,263	99.2	–	–
Source: IPU

References

• 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.