Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election
Otto Grotewohl
SED
Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election
Otto Grotewohl
SED
Politics of East Germany
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1949
1968
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Socialist Unity Party
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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]
^Analyse üver due Vorbereitung der Wahlen zue Volkskammer und zu den Bezirkstagen am 16. November 1958 Ministry of the Interior
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