1963 East German general election

20 October 1963 (1963-10-20)
500 seats in the Volkskammer
Turnout	99.3% 0.4pp
Majority party   Leader Walter Ulbricht Party SED Alliance National Front Leader since 25 July 1950 Seats won 127 Seat change 10
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Otto Grotewohl SED Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election Otto Grotewohl 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 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.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Front		Socialist Unity Party of Germany		99.95	127	+10
			Free German Trade Union Federation			68	+15
			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			40	+11
			Democratic Women's League of Germany			35	+6
			Cultural Association of the GDR			22	+4
Against					0.05	–	–
Total						500	+34
Total votes				11,533,859	–
Registered voters/turnout				11,621,158	99.25
Source: Nohlen et al.

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