1958 East German general election

none East Germany 1949 parliamentary 98.90% (0.49pp) 1954 East German general election 1954 yes 1958 11 16 1963 East German general election 1963 List of members of the second Volkskammer List of members of the third Volkskammer 400 out of 466 seats in the Volkskammer Fotothek_df_pk_0000079_077.jpg Walter Ulbricht National Front Socialist Unity Party of Germany 117 Chairman of the Council of Ministers Otto Grotewohl Socialist Unity Party of Germany Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election Otto Grotewohl Socialist Unity Party of Germany General elections were held in East Germany on 16 November 1958. There were 466 deputies in the Volkskammer, including 66 from East Berlin who were not directly elected but appointed by the Magistrate of East Berlin. All were candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The list received the approval of 99.9% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.9%.Analyse üver due Vorbereitung der Wahlen zue Volkskammer und zu den Bezirkstagen am 16. November 1958 Ministry of the Interior Like all East German elections before the Peaceful Revolution, this election was neither free nor fair. Voters were only presented with a closed list of candidates (pre-approved by the SED Central Committee Secretariat) put forward by the National Front. The list predetermined an outcome whereby the SED had both the largest faction in the Volkskammer and a majority of its members, as almost all of the Volkskammer members elected for one of the mass organizations were also members of the SED. While voters could reject the list, they would have to use the polling booth, the use of which was documented by Stasi informants located at every polling site, and had to cross out every name, as "Yes" and "No" boxes were removed after the 1950 election. Abstaining from voting was also seen as oppositional and punished. While legally permissible according to East German election laws, widespread election monitoring was not done out of fear for repression until the 1989 local elections.https://www.aufarbeitung-berlin.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/Publikationen/Broschuere_Wahlen-in-der-DDR.pdf Wahlen in der DDR Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship de 2025-12-04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYplfGBMRas MitBeStimmen: Wahlen in der DDR: So unterschiedlich sind Demokratie und Diktatur 2022-08-08 Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung Brand 2025-12-04 YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc1bpYTj6r4 Wahlfälschung bei der DDR-Kommunalwahl 1989 - Der Anfang vom Ende FAKT 2019-05-21 MDR Investigativ 2025-12-04 YouTube Results List of members of the third Volkskammer File:1954–1958 Volkskammer.svg National Front 10 Socialist Unity Party of Germany 11689110 10 117 0 Free German Trade Union Federation 53 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 Democratic Women's League of Germany 29 0 Free German Youth 29 0 Cultural Association of the GDR 18 0 Peasants Mutual Aid Association 12 0 Against 14857 0 13995 11848602 German Federal Archives, Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p792 978-3-8329-5609-7 References General Category:Elections in East Germany East East Germany East German general election