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387:(VdgB). Two other organizations participated but only in Saxony. The SED landslide victory was seen by Soviet authorities as a justification for the development of socialism in their zone. The occupation authorities quickly dropped all pretense of liberal democracy, and cajoled the other parties into forming a "coalition" in which only the SED had any real power. By the time of the
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in the Soviet occupation zone, became the largest party but achieved an absolute majority in only one state. The SED was created in view of the holding of elections in the Soviet zone, as a first step for future political reforms.
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Die deutschen
Nachkriegswahlen: Wahlergebnisse in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in den deutschen Bundesländern, in West-Berlin, im Saarland und in der Sowjetzone (DDR) 1946-19
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Zwischen
Demokratie und Diktatur. Die Kommunalwahlen und die Wahlen zum Provinziallandtag in Sachsen-Anhalt im Jahre 1946
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226:
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336:. They were the only elections held in the future territory of East Germany before the establishment of the
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1599:. ThĂĽringer Landtag in Verbindung mit Wartburg Verlag, Jena, pp. 56, 81 & 101.
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Germany on 20 October 1946 to elect the state legislatures of
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In addition to the SED, three other parties participated; the
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389:elections for a constitutional assembly in 1949
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1589:, Oldenbourg, MĂşnich, pp. 397, 396 & 418.
17:1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections
1809:Elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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1627:
1585:In: Martin Broszat, Hermann Weber (1990).
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299:
1547:, Gerhard Braas, Hermann Weber (1993).
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1390:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
1215:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
1006:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
849:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
674:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
455:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
13:
1604:Die Landtagswahlen 1946 in der SBZ
14:
1850:
1606:, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main,
1578:, Isar-Verlag, MĂşnich, pp. 77-78.
312:State elections were held in the
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1372:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
1197:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
1170:
988:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
813:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
638:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
437:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
357:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
344:in that part of Germany between
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94:
23:
1597:Der ThĂĽringer Landtag 1946-1952
1426:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
1251:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
1042:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
867:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
692:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
491:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
385:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
359:(SED), which was formed by the
304:SED Electoral advertisement in
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7:
1574:Richard Schachtner (1956).
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10:
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1819:Elections in Saxony-Anhalt
1534:(also held in East-Berlin)
1532:1946 Berlin state election
1408:Christian Democratic Union
1233:Christian Democratic Union
1024:Christian Democratic Union
831:Christian Democratic Union
656:Christian Democratic Union
473:Christian Democratic Union
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377:Christian Democratic Union
338:German Democratic Republic
1834:1946 elections in Germany
1799:Elections in East Germany
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1602:Karl-Heinz Hajna (2000).
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1829:Elections in Brandenburg
1804:1946 elections in Europe
1583:Wahlen und Abstimmungen.
1571:, Magdeburgo, pp. 95–98.
381:Liberal Democratic Party
369:Social Democratic Party
342:free and fair elections
1839:Soviet occupation zone
1824:Elections in Thuringia
1527:States of East Germany
787:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
340:in 1949, and the only
318:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
314:Soviet occupation zone
309:
1513:Wahlen in Deutschland
1338:Wahlen in Deutschland
1163:Wahlen in Deutschland
954:Wahlen in Deutschland
779:Wahlen in Deutschland
303:
1060:Cultural Association
509:Cultural Association
400:next state elections
1814:Elections in Saxony
1659:and referendums in
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1297:Invalid/blank votes
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1122:Invalid/blank votes
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913:Invalid/blank votes
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738:Invalid/blank votes
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571:Invalid/blank votes
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350:Peaceful Revolution
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1077:Women's Committees
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526:Women's Committees
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257:Popular vote
151:Popular vote
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1669:General elections
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137:Seats won
83:Minority party
80:Majority party
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197:Sixth party
194:Fifth party
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86:Third party
40:
1760:Referendums
1485:Total votes
1459:Valid votes
1310:Total votes
1284:Valid votes
1135:Total votes
1109:Valid votes
926:Total votes
900:Valid votes
751:Total votes
725:Valid votes
612:Brandenburg
584:Total votes
558:Valid votes
379:(CDU), the
322:Brandenburg
306:East Berlin
271:Percentage
167:Percentage
1793:Categories
1539:References
600:11,449,620
587:10,418,056
232:Kulturbund
162:2,418,841
159:2,411,033
60:11,454,837
57:Registered
1657:Elections
1501:1,986,081
1488:1,737,786
1462:1,661,859
1444:1,661,859
1346:Thuringia
1326:2,695,416
1313:2,467,964
1287:2,323,601
1269:2,323,601
1201:1,063,889
1151:3,803,416
1138:3,518,108
1112:3,290,995
1094:3,290,995
992:1,616,068
942:1,308,727
929:1,178,211
903:1,113,748
885:1,113,748
767:1,655,980
754:1,515,987
728:1,458,574
710:1,458,574
561:9,848,777
543:9,848,777
477:2,411,033
459:2,418,841
441:4,685,304
334:Thuringia
155:4,685,304
1595:(1994).
1567:(1997).
1521:See also
1511:Source:
1336:Source:
1161:Source:
952:Source:
777:Source:
367:and the
348:and the
260:296,111
1412:314,742
1394:472,959
1376:818,967
1300:144,363
1237:507,397
1219:695,685
1125:227,113
1028:766,859
1010:813,224
853:138,662
835:379,829
817:551,594
678:298,311
660:442,206
642:634,786
574:569,279
495:296,111
411:Overall
406:Results
363:of the
266:18,340
263:19,148
202:
188:
178:24.56%
175:24.48%
91:
77:
65:Turnout
1611:
1556:
1491:100.00
1475:75,927
1447:100.00
1430:55,191
1316:100.00
1272:100.00
1255:56,630
1141:100.00
1097:100.00
1080:18,340
1064:19,148
1046:57,356
962:Saxony
932:100.00
916:64,463
888:100.00
871:43,663
757:100.00
741:57,413
713:100.00
696:83,271
590:100.00
546:100.00
529:18,340
513:19,148
326:Saxony
280:0.19%
277:0.19%
274:3.01%
223:Party
171:47.57%
117:Party
1504:87.50
1465:95.63
1441:Total
1415:18.94
1397:28.46
1379:49.28
1364:Seats
1358:Votes
1355:Party
1329:91.56
1290:94.15
1266:Total
1240:21.84
1222:29.94
1204:45.79
1189:Seats
1183:Votes
1180:Party
1154:92.50
1115:93.54
1091:Total
1031:23.30
1013:24.71
995:49.11
980:Seats
974:Votes
971:Party
945:90.03
906:94.53
882:Total
856:12.45
838:34.10
820:49.53
805:Seats
799:Votes
796:Party
770:91.55
731:96.21
707:Total
681:20.45
663:30.32
645:43.52
630:Seats
624:Votes
621:Party
603:90.99
564:94.54
540:Total
480:24.48
462:24.56
444:47.57
429:Seats
423:Votes
420:Party
68:91.0%
1778:1968
1773:1954
1768:1951
1750:1950
1745:1946
1727:1990
1722:1986
1717:1981
1712:1976
1707:1971
1702:1967
1697:1963
1692:1958
1687:1954
1682:1950
1677:1949
1609:ISBN
1554:ISBN
1478:4.37
1433:3.32
1303:5.85
1258:2.44
1128:6.46
1083:0.56
1067:0.58
1049:1.74
919:5.47
874:3.92
744:3.79
699:5.71
577:5.46
532:0.19
516:0.19
498:3.01
398:The
355:The
346:1932
332:and
227:VdgB
146:121
143:133
140:249
46:1950
1450:100
1275:109
1100:120
716:100
549:519
483:133
465:121
447:249
246:15
131:LDP
126:CDU
121:SED
1795::
1551:,
1418:19
1400:28
1382:50
1243:24
1225:32
1207:51
1034:28
1016:30
998:59
891:90
859:11
841:31
823:45
684:20
666:31
648:44
501:15
395:.
352:.
328:,
324:,
320:,
252:0
249:1
1642:e
1635:t
1628:v
1561:.
1436:3
1361:%
1261:2
1186:%
1086:0
1070:1
1052:2
977:%
877:3
802:%
702:5
627:%
535:0
519:1
426:%
308:.
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