1986 East German general election
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.
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| Turnout | 99.74% ( 0.53pp) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Politics of East Germany |
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This would be the last election held in East Germany before the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, three years into the Volkskammer's term.
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