| Election Name: | 1950 East German state elections |
| Country: | East Germany |
| Election Date: | 15 October 1950 |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Type: | legislative |
State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.
Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Unity Party | 12,096,918 | 99.6 | 104 | 145 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 74 | 59 | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 73 | 48 | |||
| Free German Trade Union Federation | 56 | New | |||
| Democratic Peasants' Party | 36 | New | |||
| National Democratic Party | 35 | New | |||
| Democratic Women's League | 35 | New | |||
| Free German Youth | 34 | New | |||
| Cultural Association | 25 | 24 | |||
| Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime | 20 | New | |||
| Consumers' cooperatives | 14 | New | |||
| Peasants Mutual Aid Association | 14 | 1 | |||
| Against | 34,060 | 0.4 | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 15,037 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 12,145,820 | 100 | 520 | 1 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,324,781 | 98.5 | – | – | |
| Source: Elections in Germany[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||||
| Party | Brandenburg | Mecklenburg | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Thuringia | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | ||
| SED | 1,826,232 | 99.9 | 18 | 26 | 1,358,787 | 99.9 | 18 | 27 | 4,105,190 | 99.8 | 27 | 32 | 2,838,684 | 99.8 | 20 | 31 | 1,968,025 | 99.1 | 21 | 29 | |
| CDU | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 4 | |||||||||||
| LDPD | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 13 | |||||||||||
| FDGB | 11 | New | 10 | New | 12 | New | 12 | New | 11 | New | |||||||||||
| DBD | 6 | New | 6 | New | 9 | New | 9 | New | 6 | New | |||||||||||
| NDPD | 6 | New | 5 | New | 9 | New | 9 | New | 6 | New | |||||||||||
| DFD | 9 | New | 7 | New | 7 | New | 6 | New | 6 | New | |||||||||||
| FDJ | 9 | New | 6 | New | 7 | New | 6 | New | 6 | New | |||||||||||
| KB | 5 | New | 4 | New | 5 | 4 | 6 | New | 5 | New | |||||||||||
| VVN | 4 | New | 3 | New | 5 | New | 5 | New | 3 | New | |||||||||||
| Consumers' cooperatives | 3 | New | 4 | New | 2 | New | 2 | New | 3 | New | |||||||||||
| VdgB | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Against | 1,552 | 0.1 | – | – | 1,536 | 0.1 | – | – | 9,301 | 0.2 | – | – | 4,280 | 0.2 | – | – | 17,391 | 0.9 | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 926 | – | – | – | 1,113 | – | – | – | 3,403 | – | – | – | 4,280 | – | – | – | 5,315 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,828,710 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 1,361,241 | 100 | 90 | 0 | 4,117,894 | 100 | 120 | 0 | 2,847,244 | 100 | 110 | 1 | 1,990,731 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,853,850 | 98.6 | – | – | 1,372,046 | 99.2 | – | – | 4,196,647 | 98.1 | – | – | 2,874,286 | 99.1 | – | – | 2,027,952 | 98.2 | – | – | |
| Source: Elections in Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||