Monday, November 7, 2011

How did elections actually work in East Germany


How did elections actually work in East Germany?
I know that there were a range of parties (from the SED to the Christian Democrats) that were in the National Front of Germany. So were the elections fixed or was there some change in the number of seats for each party?
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1 :
It was a puppet state. They were told by the Politburo who to slate and how to vote. The USSR also supposedly had free elections. You were free to vote for the name on the ballot, you just weren't free to put your name on the ballot or write in anyone else's name.
2 :
Everyone voted who they thought would be the most glorious and in the end the most glorious won. FDJ fur alles!