1963 East German general election
Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic on 20 October 1963. They were to originally be held in November 1962 but were postponed. 434 deputies to the Volkskammer were elected, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
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| Turnout | 99.25% ( 0.35pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of East Germany |
Results
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| Alliance | Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Directly elected |
Indirectly elected |
Total | +/– | ||||
| National Front | Socialist Unity Party of Germany | 99.95 | 110 | 17 | 127 | +10 | |
| Free German Trade Union Federation | 60 | 8 | 68 | +15 | |||
| Christian Democratic Union | 45 | 7 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party of Germany | 45 | 7 | 52 | 0 | |||
| National Democratic Party of Germany | 45 | 7 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany | 45 | 7 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Free German Youth | 35 | 5 | 40 | +11 | |||
| Democratic Women's League of Germany | 30 | 5 | 35 | +6 | |||
| Cultural Association of the GDR | 19 | 3 | 22 | +4 | |||
| Against | 0.05 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 11,533,859 | 100 | 434 | 66 | 500 | +34 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,621,158 | 99.25 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel and Klaus Landfried (Ed.). Die Wahl der Parlamente und anderer Staatsorgane. Herausgegeben von Dolf Sternberger und Bernhard Vogel. Redaktion von Dieter Nohlen Band I: Europa. Berlin: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co. 1969. p. 376.
- Cyril Edwin Black and Ernst Christian Helmreich. Twentieth Century Europe: A History. New York: Knopf. 1972. p. 677.
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