1949 East German Constitutional Assembly election

1949 East German Constitutional Assembly election
15–16 May 1949
All 1,525 seats in the German People's Congress
Turnout95.23%
  First party
 
Leader Wilhelm Pieck
Party SED
Alliance Democratic Bloc
Leader since 22 April 1946
Seats won 1,525
Chairman of the Council of Ministers after election

Otto Grotewohl
SED

Elections for the Third German People's Congress were held in East Germany on 15 and 16 May 1949. Voters were presented with a "Unity List" from the "Bloc of the Anti-Fascist Democratic Parties," which was dominated by the Communist-leaning Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).

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