1954 East German general election

Legislative elections were held in East Germany on 17 October 1954. It was the second election to the Volkskammer, which had 466 deputies, 66 of whom represented East Berlin and were not directly elected) in total; due to the four-power status of the city of Berlin, the city's deputies were indirectly appointed by the East Berlin magistrate.

1954 East German general election

17 October 1954
466 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	98.4% ( 0.1pp)
First party   Leader Walter Ulbricht Party SED Alliance National Front Leader since 25 July 1950 Seats won 117 Seat change 7
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Otto Grotewohl SED Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Otto Grotewohl SED

East Germany
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Constitution 1949 1968
Leadership Socialist Unity Party General Secretary President (1949–1960) State Council (1960–1990) Head of State Council of Ministers Head of Government
Legislature President Chamber of States
Elections Referendums Constitutional Assembly 1949 General elections 1950 1954 1958 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 Referendums 1951 1954 1968
Political parties Christian Democratic Union Democratic Farmers' Party Liberal Democratic Party National Democratic Party
Administrative divisions East Berlin (independent) Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl Leaders
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As the country was a de facto one-party state, voters were presented with a single-list of candidates from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany, which they could vote for or against. The election did not affect the strength of the factions, whose size was determined in advance. The election count was nominally allowed to be publicly monitored, but in practice this did not happen for fear of repression.

The list received the approval of 99.46% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.5%.[1]