Editing Volkskammer

{{short description|Unicameral legislature of East Germany}}
{{use dmy dates |date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = People's Chamber
| native_name = Volkskammer
| native_name_lang = de
| transcription_name = 
| legislature = [[German Democratic Republic]]
| coa_pic = State arms of the German Democratic Republic.svg
| coa_res = 
| coa_alt = State Arms of East Germany
| coa_caption = [[National emblem of East Germany|Emblem]]
| house_type = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]{{NoteTag|[[Lower house]] of [[Bicameralism|bicameral legislature]] until 8 December 1958}}
| body = 
| jurisdiction = 
| term_limits = 
| foundation = {{Start date|1949|10|07|df=yes}}
| disbanded = [[German reunification|{{End date|1990|10|03|df=yes}}]]
| preceded_by = [[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)|Reichstag]] ([[Nazi Germany]]) 1933–1945<br/>[[Chamber of States|Länderkammer]] (East Germany) 1949–1958
| succeeded_by = [[Bundestag]]
| new_session = 
| leader1_type = President
| leader1 = [[Johannes Dieckmann]] ''(first)'' <br> [[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]] ''(last)''
| leader2_type = Vice President/Deputy President
| leader2 = ''(first presidium)''<br>[[Hermann Matern]]<br>[[Gerald Götting]]<br>[[Ernst Goldenbaum]]<br>[[Heinrich Homann]]<br>[[Vincenz Müller]]<br><br>''(last presidium)''<br>[[Reinhard Höppner]]<br>[[Käte Niederkirchner]]<br>[[Jürgen Schmieder]]<br>[[Wolfgang Ullmann]]<br>Stefan Gottschall
| members           = 400
| voting_system1 =
| first_election1 = [[1950 East German general election|15 October 1950]]
| last_election1 = [[1990 East German general election|18 March 1990]]
| session_room = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0419-418, Berlin, Volkskammer während Regierungserklärung von Lothar de Maiziere.jpg
| session_res = 
| session_alt = Palace of the Republic
| meeting_place = [[Palace of the Republic, Berlin|Palace of the Republic, East Berlin]]
| constitution = [[Constitution of East Germany]]
| footnotes = 
}}
{{Politics of East Germany|image=Flag of East Germany.svg}}
The '''Volkskammer''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfɔlkskamɐ|lang}}, "'''People's Chamber'''") was the [[highest organ of state power|supreme power organ]] of [[East Germany]]. It was the only branch of government in the state, and per the principle of [[unified power]], all state organs were subservient to it.

The Volkskammer was initially the [[lower house]] of a [[Bicameralism|bicameral legislature]]. The [[upper house]] was the [[Chamber of States]], or ''Länderkammer'', but in 1952 the [[states of East Germany]] were dissolved, and the Chamber of States was abolished in 1958. [[Constitution of East Germany|Constitutionally]], the Volkskammer was the highest organ of state power in the GDR, and both constitutions vested it with great lawmaking powers. All other branches of government, including the judiciary, were responsible to it. By 1960, the chamber appointed the [[State Council of the German Democratic Republic|State Council]] (the GDR's collective head of state), the [[Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic|Council of Ministers]] (the GDR's government), and the [[National Defense Council of the GDR|National Defence Council]]  (the GDR's collective military leadership).

In practice, however, it was a [[Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber stamp]] [[parliament]] that did little more than ratify decisions already made by the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] Politburo. By the 1970s and before the [[Peaceful Revolution]], the Volkskammer only met two to four times a year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pötzl |first=Norbert F. |date=2020-03-18 |title=Letzte DDR-Volkskammer-Wahl vor 30 Jahren: Sieg der D-Mark |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/letzte-wahl-zur-ddr-volkskammer-vor-30-jahren-der-sieg-der-d-mark-a-52625a43-632e-4e52-aa19-02f87e174c63 |access-date=2023-11-09 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>

==Membership==
In October 1949 the '''Volksrat''' ("People's Council"), charged with drafting the [[Constitution of East Germany]], proclaimed itself the ''Volkskammer'' and requested official recognition as a [[Legislature|national legislature]] from the [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany]]. This was granted by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister [[Andrei Gromyko]]. The Volkskammer then convened with the Länderkammer to elect [[Wilhelm Pieck]] as the first [[President of East Germany]] and [[Otto Grotewohl]] as the first [[Prime Minister of East Germany]].<ref>Naimark, Norman M. ''The Russians In Germany: a History of the Soviet Zone of Occupation, 1945-1949.'' E-book, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995</ref>

From its founding in 1949 until the first [[competitive election]]s in [[1990 East German general election|March 1990]], all members of the Volkskammer were elected via a single list from the [[National Front (East Germany)|National Front]], a [[popular front]]/[[electoral alliance]] dominated by the SED. In addition, seats were also allocated to various organizations affiliated with the SED, such as the [[Free German Youth]]. Effectively, the SED held control over the composition of the Volkskammer.<ref>Kurt Sontheimer & Wilhelm Bleek. ''The Government and Politics of East Germany''. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1975. p. 66.</ref> In any event, the minor parties in the National Front were largely subservient to the SED, and were required to accept the SED's "[[Vanguard party|leading role]]" as a condition of their continued existence.<ref>[http://www.bpb.de/izpb/48519/der-ausbau-des-neuen-systems-1949-bis-1961 Andreas Malchya: Der Ausba des neuen Systems 1949 bis 1961], ''Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung'', last retrieved 2022-07-28.</ref>

The members of the People's Chamber were elected in multi-member [[Electoral district|constituencies]], with four to eight seats. To be elected, a candidate needed to receive half of the valid votes cast in their constituency. If, within a constituency, an insufficient number of candidates got the majority needed to fill all the seats, a [[Two-round system|second round]] was held within 90 days. If the number of candidates getting this majority exceeds the number of seats in the respective constituency, the order of the candidates on the election list decided who got to sit in the Volkskammer. Candidates who lost out on a seat because of this would become successor candidates who would fill [[Casual vacancy|casual vacancies]] which might occur during a legislative period.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/GERMAN_DEMOCRATIC_REPUBLIC_1986.PDF | title=German Democratic Republic | pages=75–77 | work = Chron. XX (1985-1986) | publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union | access-date=29 April 2020 }}</ref>

Only one list of candidates appeared on a ballot paper; voters simply took the ballot paper and dropped it into the ballot box. Those who wanted to vote against the National Front list had to vote using a separate ballot box, without any secrecy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sebestyen|first=Victor|title=Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|location=New York City|year=2009|isbn=978-0-375-42532-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/revolution1989fa00sebe}}{{page needed|date=February 2025}}</ref> The table below shows an overview of the reported results of all parliamentary elections before 1990, with the resulting disposition of parliamentary seats.

{| class="wikitable"

!scope="col" rowspan="2" | Election

!scope="col" rowspan="2" | Turnout

!scope="col" rowspan="2" | Agree

!colspan="12"| Distribution of parliamentary seats
|-
![[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]]
![[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|CDU]]
![[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|LDPD]]
![[Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|DBD]]
![[NDPD]]
![[FDGB]]
![[Free German Youth|FDJ]]
![[Kulturbund|KB]]
![[Democratic Women's League of Germany|DFD]]
![[Social Democratic Party in the GDR#Foundation|SPD]]
![[Peasants Mutual Aid Association|VdgB]]
![[Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime|VVN]]
|-
| [[1950 East German general election|1950]] || 98.53%
|99.9%||110||67||66||33||35||49||25||24||20||6||12||19
|-
| [[1954 East German general election|1954]] || 98.51%
|99.4%||117||52||52||52||52||53||29||29||18||||12||
|-
| [[1958 East German general election|1958]] || 98.90%
|99.9%||117||52||52||52||52||53||29||29||18||||12||
|-
| [[1963 East German general election|1963]] || 99.25%
|99.9%||127||52||52||52||52||68||40||35||22||||||
|-
| [[1967 East German general election|1967]] || 99.82%
|99.9%||127||52||52||52||52||68||40||35||22||||||
|-
| [[1971 East German general election|1971]] || 98.48%
|99.5%||127||52||52||52||52||68||40||35||22||||||
|-
| [[1976 East German general election|1976]] || 98.58%
|99.8%||127||52||52||52||52||68||40||35||22||||||
|-
| [[1981 East German general election|1981]] || 99.21%
|99.9%||127||52||52||52||52||68||40||35||22||||||
|-
| [[1986 East German general election|1986]] || 99.74%
|99.9%||127||52||52||52||52||68||37||21||32||||14||
|}

In 1976, the Volkskammer moved into a specially constructed building on Marx-Engels-Platz (now [[Schloßplatz (Berlin)|Schloßplatz]] again), the [[Palace of the Republic (Berlin)|Palace of the Republic]] (''Palast der Republik''). Prior to this, the Volkskammer met at {{ill|Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus|de}} in the Mitte district of Berlin.

Initially, voters in [[East Berlin]] could not take part in elections to the Volkskammer, in which they were represented by indirectly elected non-voting members, but in 1979 the electoral law was changed to provide for 66 directly elected deputies with full voting rights.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4uwCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT244 |page=244 |title=Longman Companion to Germany since 1945 |isbn=9781317884231 |last1=Webb |first1=Adrian |date=9 September 2014 |publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0111-046, Berlin, Demonstrant vor Volkskammer.jpg|thumb|Protester, January 1990]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0312-021, Berlin, Volkskammerwahl, Stimmzettel Wahlkreis I.jpg|thumb|Ballot for the 1990 elections (written text reads "Sample")]]

With the advent of the [[Peaceful revolution]], a new electoral law was passed on 20 February 1990, reducing the Volkskammer to 400 members and establishing their competitive election using [[party-list proportional representation]], with no [[electoral threshold]]. Seats were calculated nationally using the [[largest remainder method]], and distributed in multi-member constituencies corresponding to the fifteen [[Administrative divisions of East Germany#List of Bezirke|''Bezirke'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kai-hamm.de/recht/019-20.pdf|title=People's Chamber Election Law|date=20 February 1990}}</ref>
{{Wikisource|Translation:Law on the Elections to the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic (1990)|Law on the Elections to the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic (1990)}}

After the [[1990 East German general election|1990 election]], the disposition of the parties was as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
!Party/Group
!Acronym
!Members
|-
|[[Alliance for Germany]]
|[[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|CDU]], [[Democratic Awakening|DA]], [[German Social Union (East Germany)|DSU]]
|192
|-
|[[Social Democratic Party in the GDR]]
|SPD
|88
|-
|[[The Left Party.PDS|Party of Democratic Socialism]]
|PDS, former SED
|66
|-
|[[Association of Free Democrats]]<td>[[German Forum Party|DFP]], [[Free Democratic Party (East Germany)|FDP]], [[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|LDP]]
|21
|-
|[[Alliance 90]]
|B90
|12
|-
|[[East German Green Party|Green Party]] and [[Independent Women's Association]]
|Grüne, UFV
|8
|-
|[[National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party of Germany]]
|NDPD
|2
|-
|[[Democratic Women's League of Germany]]
|DFD
|1
|-
|[[United Left (East Germany)|United Left]]
|VL
|1
|}

==Presidents of the People's Chamber==
The president of the People's Chamber was the third-highest state post in the GDR (after the chairman of the Council of Ministers and the chairman of the State Council) and was the ''[[Ex officio member|ex officio]]'' vice president during the existence of the [[President of the German Democratic Republic|office of president]]. As such, on two occasions, the president of the People's Chamber served as acting president for brief periods in 1949 and 1960. The last president of the People's Chamber, [[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]], was also interim head of state during the last six months of East Germany's existence due to the [[State Council of the German Democratic Republic|State Council]] having been abolished.

The presidency of the People's Chamber was held by a [[bloc party]] representative for most of that body's existence to keep up the appearance that the GDR was led by a broad coalition. Only one SED member ever held the post.

{|class="wikitable"
!Name
!Entered office
!Left office
!Party
|-
|[[Johannes Dieckmann]]
|7 October 1949
|22 February 1969
|[[Liberal-Democratic Party of Germany|LDPD]]
|-
|[[Gerald Götting]]
|12 May 1969
|29 October 1976
|[[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|CDU]]
|-
|[[Horst Sindermann]]
|29 October 1976
|13 November 1989
|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]]
|-
|[[Günther Maleuda]]
|13 November 1989
|5 April 1990
|[[Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|DBD]]
|-
|[[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]]
|5 April 1990
|2 October 1990
|[[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|CDU]]
|}

==Parties and organizations represented==
===National front parties===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:100px;"|Party
! style="width:100px;"|Emblem
! style="width:100px;"|Flag
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Foundation
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Dissolution
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Seats in the Volkskammer <small>(1986)</small>
|-
| [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]<br />SED || [[File:Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands Logo.svg|70px]] ||[[File:Flagge der SED.svg|100px|]] || 21 April 1946 || 16 December 1989 || 127
|-
| [[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />CDU || [[File:Logo der CDU (DDR).svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge der CDU (Ost).svg|100px|]] || 26 June 1945 || 1/2 October 1990 || 52
|-
| [[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|Liberal Democratic Party]]<br />LDPD || [[File:LDPD Emblem.svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands.svg|100px|]] || 5 July 1945 || 27 March 1990 || 52
|-
| [[Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|Democratic Farmers' Party]]<br />DBD || [[File:Demokratische BauernPartei Deutschlands Logo.svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands2.svg|100px|]] || 17 June 1948 || 15 September 1990 || 52
|-
| [[National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party]]<br />NDPD || [[File:DEU NDPD Logo.svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge der NDPD.svg|100px|]] || 5 May 1948 || 27 March 1990 || 52
|-
|}

===National front organizations===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:100px;"|Organization
! style="width:100px;"|Emblem
! style="width:100px;"|Flag
!  style="width:80px; text-align:center;"|Foundation
!  style="width:80px; text-align:center;"|Dissolution
!  style="width:50px; text-align:center;"|Assigned representatives in the Volkskammer <small>(1986)</small>
|-
| [[Free German Trade Union Federation]]<br />FDGB || [[File:FDGB Emblem.svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge FDGB.svg|100px|]] || 1946 || 1990 || 61
|-
| [[Free German Youth]]<br />FDJ || [[File:Freie Deutsche Jugend.svg|70px]] || [[File:Flagge der Freie Deutsche Jugend.svg|100px|]] || 1946 || ''exists today'' || 37
|-
| [[Democratic Women's League of Germany]]<br />DFD || [[File:DFD Logo.png|100px]] || [[File:Flagge Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands.svg|100px|]] || 1947 || 1990 || 32
|-
| [[Cultural Association of the DDR]]<br />KB || [[File:Logo Kulturbund der DDR.svg|75px]] || [[File:DDR Kulturbund flag.png|100px]] || 1945 || 1990 || 21
|-
| [[Peasants Mutual Aid Association]]<br />VdgB || [[File:Vereinigung der gegenseitigen Bauernhilfe (VdgB) Logo.svg|90px]] || [[File:Flagge VdgB.svg|100px]] || 1945 || 1994 || 14
|-
|}

===Parties and organizations in the 1990 Volkskammer===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:100px;"|Party
! style="width:100px;"|Emblem
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Foundation
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Dissolution
!  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|Seats in the Volkskammer <small>(1990 election)</small>
|-
| [[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />CDU || [[File:Cdu-logo.svg|70px]] || 26 June 1945 || 1/2 October 1990 || 163
|-
| [[Social Democratic Party in the GDR|Social Democratic Party]]<br />SPD || [[File:SPD-DDR.svg|70px]] || 7 October 1989 || 26 September 1990 || 88
|-
| [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]<br />PDS || [[File:PDS-Logo.svg|70px]] || 16 December 1989 || ''16 June 2007'' || 66
|-
| [[German Social Union (East Germany)|German Social Union]]<br />DSU || [[File:Logo Deutsche Soziale Union.png|70px]] || 20 January 1990 || ''exists today'' || 25
|-
| [[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|Liberal Democratic Party]]<br />LDPD || [[File:LDPD Emblem.svg|70px]] || 5 July 1945 || 27 March 1990 || 10
|-
| [[Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|Democratic Farmers' Party]]<br />DBD || [[File:Demokratische BauernPartei Deutschlands Logo.svg|70px]] || 17 June 1948 || 15 September 1990 || 9
|-
| [[East German Green Party|Green Party]]<br />GP || [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0208-015, Logo Grüne Partei der DDR.svg|70px]] || 9 February 1990 || 3 December 1990 || 8
|-
| [[German Forum Party]]<br />DFP || [[File:DFP Logo.png|70px]] || 27 January 1990 || 11 August 1990 || 7
|-
| [[New Forum]]<br />NF || [[File:NEUES FORUM Logo.jpg|70px]] || 9/10 September 1989 || 21 September 1991 || 7
|-
| [[Free Democratic Party (East Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]<br />FDP || [[File:Freie Demokratische Partei (Logo, 1968-2001).png|70px]] || 4 February 1990 || 11 August 1990 || 4
|-
| [[Democratic Awakening]]<br />DA || [[File:DemokratischerAufbruch.svg|70px]] || 29 October 1989 || 4 August 1990 || 4
|-
| [[Democracy Now (East Germany)|Democracy Now]]<br />DJ || [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0209-022, Logo Demokratie jetzt.jpg|100px]] || 12 September 1989 || 21 September 1991 || 3
|-
| [[National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party]]<br />NDPD || [[File:DEU NDPD Logo.svg|70px]] || 5 May 1948 || 27 March 1990 || 2
|-
| [[Initiative for Peace and Human Rights]]<br />IFM || [[File:Initiative für Frieden und Menschenrechte.svg|70px]] || 24 January 1986 || 21 September 1991 || 2
|-
| [[Democratic Women's League of Germany]]<br />DFD || [[File:DFD Logo.png|70px]] || 8 March 1947 || 26 October 1990 || 1
|-
| [[United Left (East Germany)|United Left]]<br />VL || [[File:Vereinigte Linke Emblem.svg|70px]] || 2 October 1989 || 1992 || 1
|-
|}

==Results==
===1949 East German Constitutional Assembly election (first)===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:1949 Volkskongress.svg]]
|alliance1=Democratic Bloc (East Germany)|Democratic Bloc|aspan1=14|party1=Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party|votes1=7943949|vspan1=14|seats1=450|acolor1=#DC241F
|party2=Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|Christian Democratic Union|seats2=225
|party3=Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|Liberal Democratic Party|seats3=225
|party4=Cooperatives|seats4=100
|party5=Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|Democratic Farmers' Party|seats5=75
|party6=National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party|seats6=75
|party7=Democratic Women's League of Germany|Democratic Women's League|seats7=50
|party8=Free German Trade Union Federation|seats8=50
|party9=Free German Youth|seats9=50
|party10=Cultural Association of the GDR|Cultural Association|seats10=50
|party11=Peasants Mutual Aid Association|seats11=50
|party12=Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime|seats12=50
|party13=Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party (East Berlin)|seats13=25
|party14=Independents|seats14=50
|row15=Against|votes15=4080272|seats15=0
}}

===1986 East German general election (final under the SED)===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:1986 Volkskammer.svg]]
|alliance1=National Front of the German Democratic Republic|National Front|aspan1=10|party1=Socialist Unity Party of Germany|votes1=12392094|vspan1=10|seats1=127
|party2=Free German Trade Union Federation|seats2=61
|party3=Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|Christian Democratic Union|seats3=52
|party4=Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|seats4=52
|party5=National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party of Germany|seats5=52
|party6=Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|seats6=52
|party7=Free German Youth|seats7=37
|party8=Democratic Women's League of Germany|seats8=32
|party9=Cultural Association of the GDR|seats9=21
|party10=Peasants Mutual Aid Association|seats10=14
|row11=Against|votes11=7512|seats11=0
}}

===1990 East German general election (final)===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:1990 Volkskammer.svg]]
|alliance1=[[Alliance for Germany]]|aspan1=4|party1=[[Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]|votes1=4710598|seats1=163|sc1=+111
|party2=[[German Social Union (East Germany)|German Social Union]]|votes2=727730|seats2=25|sc2=New
|party3=[[Democratic Awakening]]|votes3=106146|seats3=4|sc3=New
|atotal4=5544474|aseats4=192|sc4=+140
|alliance5=[[Social Democratic Party in the GDR|Social Democratic Party]]|votes5=2525534|seats5=88|sc5=New
|alliance6=[[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]|votes6=1892381|seats6=66|sc6=–61
|alliance7=[[Association of Free Democrats]]|votes7=608935|seats7=21|sc7=–31
|alliance8=[[Alliance 90]]|votes8=336074|seats8=12|sc8=New
|alliance9=[[Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany|Democratic Farmers' Party]]|votes9=251226|seats9=9|sc9=–43
|alliance10=[[East German Green Party|Green Party]]–[[Independent Women's Association]]|votes10=226932|seats10=8|sc10=New
|alliance11=[[National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)|National Democratic Party]]|votes11=44292|seats11=2|sc11=–50
|alliance12=[[Democratic Women's League of Germany|Democratic Women's League]]|votes12=38192|seats12=1|sc12=–31
|alliance13=[[United Left (East Germany)|United Left]]|votes13=20342|seats13=1|sc13=New|acolor13=red
|alliance14=Alternative Youth List (DJP–[[Green Youth (Germany)|GJ]]–[[:de:Marxistische Jugendvereinigung Junge Linke|MJV]]–[[Free German Youth|FDJ]])|votes14=14616|seats14=0|sc14=–37
|alliance15=Christian League|votes15=10691|seats15=0|sc15=New
|alliance16=[[Communist Party of Germany (1990)|Communist Party]]|votes16=8819|seats16=0|sc16=New
|alliance17=Independent Social Democratic Party|votes17=3891|seats17=0|sc17=New
|alliance18=European Federalist Party|votes18=3636|seats18=0|sc18=New
|alliance19=Independent People's Party|votes19=3007|seats19=0|sc19=New
|alliance20=German Beer Drinkers' Union|votes20=2534|seats20=0|sc20=New
|alliance21=Spartacist Workers Party|votes21=2417|seats21=0|sc21=New
|alliance22=Unity Now|votes22=2396|seats22=0|sc22=New
|alliance23=[[Socialist Equality Party (Germany)|Federation of Socialist Workers]]|votes23=386|seats23=0|sc23=New
|alliance24=Association of Working Groups for Work Policy and Democracy|votes24=380|seats24=0|sc24=New
|invalid=63263
|total_sc=0
|electorate=12426443
|source=Nohlen & Stöver,<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p779 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2121bis_90.htm IPU], [https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/bovkFrei.htm Wahlen in Deutschland]
}}

==See also==
{{portal|East Germany}}
*[[Elections in East Germany]]
*[[Presidium of the People's Chamber]]
*[[Show election]]

==Notes==
{{NoteFoot}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic}}
*[[iarchive:ASuccessfulPolicySearedtotheNeedsofthePeople|''A Successful Policy Seared to the Needs of the People'' - Deliberations of the Volkskammer on nuclear disarmament, 1981.]]

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