1981 East German general election

1981 East German general election

14 June 1981 (1981-06-14)
500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.2% 0.6pp
Majority party   Leader Erich Honecker Party SED Alliance National Front Seats won 127 Seat change
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Willi Stoph SED Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election Willi Stoph SED

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

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.