Volkskammer election 1976
The election to the People's Chamber of the GDR in 1976 was the election to the 7th People's Chamber of the GDR and took place on October 17, 1976 . It was a sham election . It could only be voted on the unified list of the National Front . The election did not affect the strength of the factions. Their size was determined in advance. The electoral law of the GDR allowed public control of the electoral count on paper. In practice, this did not take place for fear of repression.
Due to the four-power status of the city of Berlin, the 66 members of the East Berlin deputies were indirectly appointed by the East Berlin magistrate.
Election result
According to official figures, the voter turnout was 11,262,946 votes and 11,425,194 registered voters were 98.58%. 2616 votes were considered invalid. Thus 99.86% approval (11,245,023 votes) was counted for the election proposal of the National Front, 17,923 people or 0.14% had therefore voted against it.
| Party / group | acronym | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Unity Party of Germany | SED | 127 | |
| Free German Federation of Trade Unions | FDGB | 68 | |
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | 52 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Germany | LDPD | 52 | |
| Democratic Peasant Party of Germany | DBD | 52 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | NDPD | 52 | |
| Free German Youth | FDJ | 40 | |
| Democratic Women's Association of Germany | DFD | 35 | |
| Kulturbund | KB | 22nd | |
See also
literature
- Gerhard A. Ritter, Meredith Niehuss: Elections in Germany 1946–1991, ISBN 3-406-35207-3 , p. 189.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ wahlrecht.de - electoral system of the GDR Volkskammer elections , accessed on June 6, 2015.
- ↑ [1] , Inter-Parliamentary Union (ipu.org), PDF, English, 15.3KB
