October 1949 East German general election

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The October 1949 East German general election was the first parliamentary vote in the newly founded German Democratic Republic, conducted under a tightly controlled, single-list system dominated by the Socialist Unity Party.

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instanceOf election ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
date October 1949 ⓘ
democraticStandardsMet no ⓘ
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
electoralSystem single-list system ⓘ
electoralSystemCharacteristic tightly controlled ⓘ
followedBy 1950 East German general election ⓘ
freeAndFair no ⓘ
governmentFormed first government of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAfterElection Otto Grotewohl ⓘ
headOfStateAfterElection Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
historicalSignificance first national-level election of the GDR ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legislature Volkskammer ⓘ
location East Germany ⓘ
mainIdeologyOfDominantParty Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
mainPoliticalAlliance National Front of Democratic Germany ⓘ
multiPartyCompetition no ⓘ
oppositionPartiesAllowed no ⓘ
organizedBy Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
organizedUnder National Front of Democratic Germany ⓘ
parliamentElected Volkskammer ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one-party dominant state ⓘ
politicalSystemResult institutionalization of socialist state in East Germany ⓘ
precededBy Soviet occupation administration in East Germany ⓘ
resultedIn confirmation of Socialist Unity Party dominance ⓘ
supervisingPowerContext Soviet Union influence ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter founding of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring early Cold War ⓘ
tookPlaceInZone Soviet occupation zone of Germany ⓘ
typeOfBallot single list of candidates ⓘ
usedForLegitimizationOfRegime yes ⓘ
voterChoiceLimitedTo single National Front list ⓘ
votersCouldRejectList yes ⓘ
votingNotSecretInPractice yes ⓘ
wasFirstParliamentaryElectionIn German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
year 1949 ⓘ

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Volkskammer → firstElection → October 1949 East German general election ⓘ