Country: | East Germany |
Type: | legislative |
Turnout: | 99.74% (0.53pp) |
Previous Election: | 1981 East German general election |
Previous Year: | 1981 |
Election Date: | 8 June 1986 |
Next Election: | 1990 East German general election |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Seats For Election: | All 500 seats in the Volkskammer |
Image1: | Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R0518-182,_Erich_Honecker.jpg |
Leader1: | Erich Honecker |
Party1: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Alliance1: | National Front |
Seats1: | 500 |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
Before Election: | Willi Stoph |
Before Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
After Election: | Willi Stoph |
After Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
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.
This would be the last election held in East Germany before the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, three years into the Volkskammer's term.