1976 East German general election

none East Germany legislative 98.6% 0.1pp 1971 East German general election 1971 yes 1976 10 17 1981 East German general election 1981 List of members of the sixth Volkskammer List of members of the seventh Volkskammer 434 out of 500 seats in the Volkskammer Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R1220-401, Erich Honecker (cropped).jpg Erich Honecker Socialist Unity Party of Germany National Front 127 250px Results of the election. Chairman of the Council of Ministers Horst Sindermann Socialist Unity Party of Germany Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election Willi Stoph Socialist Unity Party of Germany General elections were held in East Germany on 17 October 1976. Out of 591 candidates of the single-list National Front for the 500-seat Volkskammer, 500 were elected from the highest number of votes received in each of the allocated lists, and 91 who lost their elections became substitute deputies. At its first session on 29 October, the Volkskammer elected Willi Stoph as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, while Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party, was elected Chairman of the Council of State. The allocation of seats remained unchanged from previous elections. 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 (in this election, all but 4 out of the 165 mass organization Volkskammer members were SED members). 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 seventh Volkskammer File:1963–1981 Volkskammer.svg National Front 9 Socialist Unity Party of Germany 11245023 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 15307 0 2616 11425194 IPU, Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p792 978-3-8329-5609-7 References Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany General Category:Elections in East Germany East East Germany East Germany