1986 East German general election

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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. There was a minor change to the predetermined seat allocation: The Peasants Mutual Aid Association was allocated a faction with 14 Volkskammer members (led by deputy association chairman Manfred Scheler) at the expense of the other mass organizations. The Peasants Mutual Aid Association had last been given seats in 1963. 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. Like all East German elections before the Peaceful Revolution, this election was neither free nor fair. Voters were only presented with a closed list of candidates...

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