State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950, alongside general elections to the Volkskammer. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.
Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.
Results
Summary
By state PartyBrandenburgMecklenburgSaxonySaxony-AnhaltThuringiaVotes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-Votes%Seats+/-SED1,826,23299.918 261,358,78799.918 274,105,19099.827 322,838,68499.820 311,968,02599.121 29CDU14 1712 1918 1015 915 4LDPD12 811017 1318 1415 13FDGB11New10New12New12New11NewDBD6New6New9New9New6NewNDPD6New5New9New9New6NewDFD9New7New7New6New6NewFDJ9New6New7New6New6NewKB5New4New5 46New5NewVVN4New3New5New5New3NewConsumers' cooperatives3New4New2New2New3NewVdgB3 24 1202030Against1,5520.1––1,5360.1––9,3010.2––4,2800.2––17,3910.9––Invalid/blank votes926–––1,113–––3,403–––4,280–––5,315–––Total1,828,71010010001,361,2411009004,117,89410012002,847,244100110 11,990,7311001000Registered voters/turnout1,853,85098.6––1,372,04699.2––4,196,64798.1––2,874,28699.1––2,027,95298.2––Source: Elections in Germany
References
Bibliography Richard Schachtner, 1956: Die deutschen Nachkriegswahlen: Wahlergebnisse in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in den deutschen Bundesländern, in West-Berlin, im Saarland und in der Sowjetzone (DDR) 1946–1956. Munich: Isar-Verlag. pages 77–78. Günter Braun, 1990: Wahlen und Abstimmungen; en: Martin Broszat y Hermann Weber: SBZ-Handbuch. Oldenburg. pages 397, 396 and 418. Herbert Gottwald, 1994: Der Thüringer Landtag 1946–1952. Jena: Landtag of Thuringia in association with the Wartburg Verlag. page 56. Kurt Adamy/Kristina Hübener, 1999: Kleine Geschichte des Brandenburger Landtages. Potsdam: Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, page 169.
External links Act on Elections to the People's Chamber, to the State Parliaments, district councils and municipal councils in the German Democratic Republic on 15 October 1950