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.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | election ⓘ |
| country | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | October 1949 ⓘ |
| democraticStandardsMet | no ⓘ |
| dominantParty | Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | single-list system ⓘ |
| electoralSystemCharacteristic | tightly controlled ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1950 East German general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| freeAndFair | no ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | first government of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentAfterElection | Otto Grotewohl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateAfterElection | Wilhelm Pieck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first national-level election of the GDR ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legislature | Volkskammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIdeologyOfDominantParty | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| mainPoliticalAlliance | National Front of Democratic Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multiPartyCompetition | no ⓘ |
| oppositionPartiesAllowed | no ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedUnder | National Front of Democratic Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentElected | Volkskammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | one-party dominant state ⓘ |
| politicalSystemResult | institutionalization of socialist state in East Germany ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soviet occupation administration in East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfBallot | single list of candidates ⓘ |
| usedForLegitimizationOfRegime | yes ⓘ |
| voterChoiceLimitedTo | single National Front list ⓘ |
| votersCouldRejectList | yes ⓘ |
| votingNotSecretInPractice | yes ⓘ |
| wasFirstParliamentaryElectionIn | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1949 ⓘ |
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