Country: | East Germany |
Flag Year: | 1949 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Turnout: | 98.90% (0.49pp) |
Previous Election: | 1954 East German general election |
Previous Year: | 1954 |
Next Election: | 1963 East German general election |
Next Year: | 1963 |
Seats For Election: | All 466 seats in the Volkskammer |
Image1: | Fotothek_df_pk_0000079_077.jpg |
Leader1: | Walter Ulbricht |
Alliance1: | National Front |
Party1: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Seats1: | 117 |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
Before Election: | Otto Grotewohl |
Before Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Posttitle: | Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election |
After Election: | Otto Grotewohl |
After Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
General elections were held in East Germany on 16 November 1958. There were 466 deputies in the Volkskammer, including 66 from East Berlin who were not directly elected. All were candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The list received the approval of 99.9% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.9%.[1]