1971 East German general election

← 1967

14 November 1971 (1971-11-14)

1976 →

All 500 seats in the Volkskammer

Turnout

98.48% (

0.34pp)

	Majority party

Leader	Erich Honecker
Party	SED
Alliance	National Front
Seats won	127
Seat change

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Willi Stoph
SED

Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

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
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General elections were held in East Germany on 14 November 1971. 434 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 584 Front candidates were put forward, with 434 being elected. The allocation of seats between member parties of the Front remained unchanged from previous elections.

Results



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance			Votes	%	Elected	East Berlin	Total	+/–
	National Front	Socialist Unity Party of Germany	11,207,388	99.85	110	17	127	0
		Free German Trade Union Federation			60	8	68	0
		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	0
		Democratic Women's League of Germany			30	5	35	0
		Cultural Association of the GDR			19	3	22	0
Against			16,951	0.15	–	–	–	–
Total			11,224,339	100.00	434	66	500	0

Valid votes			11,224,339	99.97
Invalid/blank votes			3,196	0.03
Total votes			11,227,535	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			11,401,090	98.48
Source: IPU

References

Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany

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General elections	1949 1950 1954 1958 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
State elections	1946 1950
Local elections	1946 1950 1957 1961 1965 1970 1974 1979 1984 1989 1990
Referendums	1951 1954 1968

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