1986 East German general election

8 June 1986
All 500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.74% ( 0.53pp)
Majority party   Leader Erich Honecker Party SED Alliance National Front Seats won 500 Seat change
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Willi Stoph SED Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph SED

Politics of East Germany
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
Other countries

General elections were held in East Germany on 8 June 1986. 500 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 703 Front candidates were put forward, with 500 being elected and 203 becoming substitute deputies. At its first session on 16 June, the Volkskammer re-elected Willi Stoph as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, while Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party, was also re-elected Chairman of the State Council.

This would be the last election held in East Germany before the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, three years into the Volkskammer's term.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Front		Socialist Unity Party of Germany	12,392,094	99.94	127	0
			Free German Trade Union Federation			61	–7
			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			37	–3
			Democratic Women's League of Germany			32	–3
			Cultural Association of the GDR			21	–1
			Peasants Mutual Aid Association			14	New
Against				7,512	0.06	–	–
Total				12,399,606	100.00	500	0
Valid votes				12,399,606	99.98
Invalid/blank votes				2,407	0.02
Total votes				12,402,013	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				12,434,444	99.74
Source: IPU, Wahlrecht

See also

• List of Volkskammer members (9th election period)

References

General

• Peter W. Sperlich. Oppression and Scarcity: The History and Institutional Structure of the Marxist-Leninist Government of East Germany and Some Perspectives on Life in a Socialist System. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. 2006. p. 46.
• Richard Felix Staar. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe. Fifth Edition. California: Hoover Institution Press. 1988. p. 104.