1950 East German state elections
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State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950, alongside general elections to the Volkskammer. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.
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15 October 1950
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Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.[1]
Results
Summary
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
| National Front | Socialist Unity Party | 12,096,918 | 99.72 | 104 | –145 | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | 74 | –59 | |||||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 73 | –48 | |||||
| Free German Trade Union Federation | 56 | New | |||||
| Democratic Peasants' Party | 36 | New | |||||
| National Democratic Party | 35 | New | |||||
| Democratic Women's League | 35 | New | |||||
| Free German Youth | 34 | New | |||||
| Cultural Association | 25 | +24 | |||||
| Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime | 20 | New | |||||
| Consumers' cooperatives | 14 | New | |||||
| Peasants Mutual Aid Association | 14 | –1 | |||||
| Against | 34,060 | 0.28 | – | – | |||
| Total | 12,130,978 | 100.00 | 520 | +1 | |||
| Valid votes | 12,130,978 | 99.88 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 15,037 | 0.12 | |||||
| Total votes | 12,146,015 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,324,781 | 98.55 | |||||
| Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6] | |||||||
By state
| Party | Brandenburg | Mecklenburg | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Thuringia | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | |
| SED | 1,826,232 | 99.9 | 18 |  26 |
1,358,787 | 99.9 | 18 | 27 |
4,105,190 | 99.8 | 27 | 32 |
2,838,684 | 99.8 | 20 | 31 |
1,968,025 | 99.1 | 21 | 29 |
| CDU | 14 | 17 |
12 | 19 |
18 | 10 |
15 | 9 |
15 | 4 | ||||||||||
| LDPD | 12 | 8 |
11 | 0 | 17 | 13 |
18 | 14 |
15 | 13 | ||||||||||
| FDGB | 11 | New | 10 | New | 12 | New | 12 | New | 11 | New | ||||||||||
| DBD | 6 | New | 6 | New | 9 | New | 9 | New | 6 | New | ||||||||||
| NDPD | 6 | New | 5 | New | 9 | New | 9 | New | 6 | New | ||||||||||
| DFD | 9 | New | 7 | New | 7 | New | 6 | New | 6 | New | ||||||||||
| FDJ | 9 | New | 6 | New | 7 | New | 6 | New | 6 | New | ||||||||||
| KB | 5 | New | 4 | New | 5 |  4 |
6 | New | 5 | New | ||||||||||
| VVN | 4 | New | 3 | New | 5 | New | 5 | New | 3 | New | ||||||||||
| Consumers' cooperatives | 3 | New | 4 | New | 2 | New | 2 | New | 3 | New | ||||||||||
| VdgB | 3 | 2 |
4 | 1 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Against | 1,552 | 0.1 | – | – | 1,536 | 0.1 | – | – | 9,301 | 0.2 | – | – | 4,280 | 0.2 | – | – | 17,391 | 0.9 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 926 | – | – | – | 1,113 | – | – | – | 3,403 | – | – | – | 4,280 | – | – | – | 5,315 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,828,710 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 1,361,241 | 100 | 90 | 0 | 4,117,894 | 100 | 120 | 0 | 2,847,244 | 100 | 110 | 1 |
1,990,731 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,853,850 | 98.6 | – | – | 1,372,046 | 99.2 | – | – | 4,196,647 | 98.1 | – | – | 2,874,286 | 99.1 | – | – | 2,027,952 | 98.2 | – | – |
| Source: Elections in Germany[2][3][4][5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||||